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The Negotiation of Students' National Identities in a Bilingual School in Honduras
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Bettney, Esther – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2021
With thousands of students enrolled in bilingual schools in Latin America, there are long-standing concerns regarding students' negotiation of their national identities. Arguments have been raised that these programs may contribute to the denationalization of students' identities, or that schools' prioritizing of foreign cultures results in…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Self Concept, High School Students, Grade 11
How Many U.S. High School Students Have a Foreign Language Reading "Disability"? Reading without Meaning and the Simple View
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Sparks, Richard L.; Luebbers, Julie – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2018
Conventional wisdom suggests that students classified as learning disabled will exhibit difficulties with foreign language (FL) learning, but evidence has not supported a relationship between FL learning problems and learning disabilities. The simple view of reading model posits that reading comprehension is the product of word decoding and…
Descriptors: High School Students, Reading Difficulties, Learning Disabilities, Reading Comprehension
For US Students, L2 Reading Comprehension Is Hard Because L2 Listening Comprehension Is Hard, Too
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Sparks, Richard; Patton, Jon; Luebbers, Julie – Hispania, 2018
The Simple View of Reading (SVR) model posits that reading is the product of word decoding and language comprehension and that oral language (listening) comprehension is the best predictor of reading comprehension once word-decoding skill has been established. The SVR model also proposes that there are good readers and three types of poor…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Reading Processes, Listening Comprehension, Oral Language
Language Deficits in Poor L2 Comprehenders: The Simple View
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Sparks, Richard L. – Foreign Language Annals, 2015
The simple view of reading (SVR) model proposes that reading comprehension is the product of word decoding and language comprehension, and that both components make independent contributions to reading skill (Gough & Tunmer, 1986). The model posits that there are good readers and three types of poor readers--dyslexic, hyperlexic, and garden…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Comprehension, Profiles, Spanish
The Making and Breaking of Language Ideology: Language Ideologies in Spanish Departments
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Carreira, Maria M. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2011
In their study of language ideology, Valdes, Gonzalez, Lopez Garcia, and Marquez (2003) found evidence of a pervasive monolingualist ideology or "discourse of monolingualism" in college-level Spanish departments. This discourse, which mirrors national language ideologies in the United States, is premised on notions of nationalism, linguistic…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Ideology, Monolingualism, Language Role
Heritage Speakers' Experiences in New Latino Diaspora Spanish Classrooms
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Harklau, Linda – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2009
Despite the growing interest in Spanish heritage language (HL) instruction, little empirical work has focused on world language education in "new Latino diaspora" areas with no previous history of educating HL students. This study used a longitudinal case study perspective to document the experiences of two Latino students in high school Spanish…
Descriptors: Official Languages, Ideology, Monolingualism, Spanish