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Hispanic Heritage Language Speakers in the United States: Linguistic Exclusion in Education
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Schreffler, Sandra B. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2007
The Hispanic population of the United States is quite diverse and with each passing year, due to (im)migration patterns, more and more students are entering language classrooms with some degree of familiarity with the language. However, because of the tendency toward intergenerational loss of Spanish, the linguistic proficiency covers the…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Negative Attitudes, Heritage Education, Familiarity
From Identity to Commodity: Ideologies of Spanish in Heritage Language Textbooks
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Leeman, Jennifer; Martinez, Glenn – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2007
This article presents a critical analysis of language ideologies in the instructional discourse of Spanish for heritage speakers in the United States. We focus on the discourse present in prefaces and introductions to Spanish for heritage speakers textbooks published between 1970 and 2000. Whereas previous research on language ideologies in…
Descriptors: Ethnic Studies, Textbooks, Global Approach, Ideology
Institutional Dimensions of Cultural Bias on the Texas-Mexico Border: Linguistic Insecurity among Heritage Language Learners
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Martinez, Glenn A.; Petrucci, Peter R. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2004
The present study measures linguistic insecurity among college level heritage language (HL) learners along the Texas-Mexico border. We measured students' self-reported confidence in speaking and writing in English and in Spanish and analyzed students' perception of instruction in both languages. We argue that high levels of linguistic insecurity…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Bilingualism