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Direct linkGironzetti, Elisa; Belpoliti, Flavia – Foreign Language Annals, 2021
In response to the growth of Spanish heritage language (SHL) learners in the United States, researchers and instructors in the field of SHL teaching proposed a set of goals and pedagogical approaches to meet these learners' needs. However, because few studies focused on SHL teachers' professional preparation and practice, it is unclear whether…
Descriptors: Spanish, Heritage Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Belpoliti, Flavia; Pérez, María E. – Foreign Language Annals, 2019
The present study examined the impact of a service learning activity on students' perceptions of language, identity, and community in an advanced Spanish for the Health Professions course. Forty-five advanced Spanish heritage learners (SHLs) participated in health fairs as assistants to health-care providers as part of the curriculum requirements.…
Descriptors: Spanish, Service Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Belpoliti, Flavia; Fairclough, Marta – Hispania, 2016
This study presents the development and implementation of inquiry-based cultural projects in a Spanish Heritage Language (SHL) Program. Four different inquiry-based curricula are described to illustrate how university students in an SHL program advance their knowledge of Spanish while carrying out research to understand Hispanic cultures. First-,…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Student Projects, Heritage Education, Spanish
Fairclough, Marta; Belpoliti, Flavia – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2016
This pilot study identifies some lexical aspects of the emerging writing skills in Spanish among receptive English/Spanish bilingual students with little or no exposure to formal study of the home language upon entering a Spanish Heritage Language Program at a large public university in the Southwestern United States. The 200+ essays analyzed in…
Descriptors: College Students, Hispanic American Students, Emergent Literacy, Spanish
Fairclough, Marta A.; Belpoliti, Flavia; Bermejo, Encarna – Hispania, 2010
The purpose of this article is to briefly describe the design and piloting of a branched, online placement and credit examination that measures receptive as well as productive and creative language abilities in the heritage language of college students entering the Spanish for Heritage Learners Program at the University of Houston, a major…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Native Language Instruction, Heritage Education
