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Critical Language Awareness in the Heritage Language Classroom: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of a Curricular Intervention
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Beaudrie, Sara; Amezcua, Angélica; Loza, Sergio – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2021
As Spanish heritage courses multiply all over the United States, the need to reexamine the curriculum and pedagogical approaches that are most appropriate to meet instructional goals is becoming increasingly pressing. Although several researchers have called for developing students' critical language awareness (CLA) in the Spanish heritage…
Descriptors: Spanish, Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Critical Language Awareness for the Heritage Context: Development and Validation of a Measurement Questionnaire
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Beaudrie, Sara; Amezcua, Angelica; Loza, Sergio – Language Testing, 2019
Critical language awareness (CLA) is increasingly identified as a central component of the Spanish heritage language (SHL) classroom (Leeman, 2005; Martínez, 2003; among others). As a minority language, SHL is subject to sociopolitical, cultural, and economic forces that devalue its status. It is devalued in the eyes of the public, as a legitimate…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Heritage Education, Spanish, Second Language Learning
Curricular Perspectives in the Heritage Language Context: Assessing Culture and Identity
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Beaudrie, Sara; Ducar, Cynthia; Relano-Pastor, Ana Maria – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2009
Spanish heritage language (SHL) programmes in post-secondary institutions must continue to redesign their curricula to accommodate the needs of a growing Latino population with a broad range of bilingual competencies. Despite the proliferation of research in heritage languages, pedagogically based research that incorporates students' voices is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Heritage Education, Spanish, Curriculum Design
Beginning Level University Heritage Programs: Creating a Space for All Heritage Language Learners
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Beaudrie, Sara; Ducar, Cynthia – Heritage Language Journal, 2005
This paper addresses beginning level Spanish heritage language (SHL) learners' attitudes towards their language and culture. Heritage language (HL) programs and research have often overlooked beginning level learners, especially within university settings. The current study involved 20 participants from a beginning level SHL class in the…
Descriptors: Advanced Students, Linguistic Borrowing, Heritage Education, Language Attitudes