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Direct linkPotowski, Kim; Parada, MaryAnn; Morgan-Short, Kara – Heritage Language Journal, 2012
This paper reports on the development and piloting of an adaptive, online placement exam that will be administered to L2 and heritage learners of Spanish at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Particular attention is given to the structure of the exam and the linguistic strategies employed to distinguish heritage speakers from L2 learners.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Testing, Student Placement, Language Tests, Spanish
Potowski, Kim; Matts, Janine – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2008
Studies of Mexican and Puerto Rican communities living in the same United States cities suggest that a combination of historical factors and local conditions strongly influence to what extent these two groups interact and form a shared sense of pan-ethnic Latino unity. However, few studies have examined "MexiRican" individuals, those who…
Descriptors: Dialects, Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, Ethnicity
