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"My Spanish Feels Like My Second Language": Addressing the Challenges of the Academic Language of Bilingual Teachers
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Jacqueline E. Arroyo-Romano – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2024
Many bilingual preservice teachers in Texas are not able to get certified because of language limitations. Although they have grown up listening and speaking their native language at home, with family and friends, many face challenges when using academic language in a formal setting. There is a mismatch between their language level and their…
Descriptors: Spanish, Native Speakers, Language Attitudes, Academic Language
Spanish Language of North American Students of Hispanic Heritage: A Field Study in North Texas
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González Martín, Ana María; Pulte, William; Hall, Viviana – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2020
Dual language programs are poised to produce bilingual/biliterate teacher candidates to alleviate bilingual educator shortages. Therefore, in search for ways to support the growing number of Spanish/English dual language programs in Texas, the authors of this paper analyzed the variations of Spanish language and proficiency levels of 9th grade…
Descriptors: Spanish, Heritage Education, Bilingualism, Literacy
Stancetaking and Language Ideologies in Heritage Language Learner Classroom Discourse
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Showstack, Rachel E. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2017
Drawing on linguistic anthropological notions of language ideologies and sociolinguistic approaches to stance, this study examines the meaning-making resources through which Spanish heritage language (HL) learners orient toward ideological perspectives on language value and linguistic expertise in classroom interaction. Part of a larger…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Classroom Communication, Teaching Methods, Heritage Education
Elevating "Low" Language for High Stakes: A Case for Critical, Community-Based Learning in a Medical Spanish for Heritage Learners Program
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Martinez, Glenn; Schwartz, Adam – Heritage Language Journal, 2012
Critical approaches to Spanish heritage language (SHL) pedagogy have called for more meaningful engagement with heritage language communities (Leeman, 2005). In a recent survey, furthermore, SHL students expressed a desire for more community-based activities in SHL curricula (Beaudrie, Ducar, & Relano-Pastor, 2009). This paper reports on the…
Descriptors: Public Health, Language Maintenance, Patients, Language Variation
Going beyond "Appropriateness": Foreign and Heritage Language Students Explore Language Use in Society
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Showstack, Rachel – Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) (NJ3), 2010
People who grow up speaking Spanish in Texas often learn a colloquial variety of Spanish at home or in their communities and have limited abilities to move between different registers in different social contexts. As heritage language (HL) learners' understanding of the value of different language varieties plays an important role in the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Speech Communication, Language Variation, Heritage Education
A Rural/Metropolitan Split in the Speech of Texas Anglos.
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Thomas, Erik R. – Language Variation and Change, 1997
Texas migration patterns have split the Anglo population into rural and metropolitan dialects. Evidence from a random-sample survey of Texas and state survey of high schools show young rural Anglos preserve two stereotypical features not found in urban Anglo speech. The difference, absent among adults, suggests in-migration from other parts of the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Anglo Americans, English, High Schools