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Peer reviewedAriza, Eileen N. – Foreign Language Annals, 1998
Describes the unique situation of an Anglo Spanish-speaking teacher who is assigned to teach Spanish to a group of non-Spanish-speaking youngsters of Puerto Rican descent. Successful strategies for overcoming the socio- and psycholinguistic barriers of working in this situation are listed as the teacher describes how she created a non-threatening…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Heritage Education, Psycholinguistics, Puerto Ricans
