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Llombart-Huesca, Amàlia – Hispania, 2018
This theoretical position article presents the current state of the research on college-aged Spanish heritage language learners' (HL) spelling as well as the limitations of a descriptive approach to spelling research. The article also highlights the need to analyze and understand HLs' errors based on the underlying cognitive-linguistic processes…
Descriptors: College Students, Spanish, Native Language Instruction, Spelling
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Beaudrie, Sara M. – Hispania, 2017
Spanish spelling, especially the use of written accent marks, is a major stumbling block for Spanish heritage language (SHL) learners (Carreira 2002). In fact, Mikulski (2006) found that most SHL learners ranked bettering their spelling and grammar as a very important learning goal. Despite its importance in literacy development and its perceived…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Spelling, Spanish