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Direct linkMagdalena Pando – Language and Education, 2024
This is a qualitative case study framed by a sociosemiotic theoretical framework to explore science and language instruction with three Emergent Bilinguals (EBs) in sixth grade. The study details the modeling and explanatory processes used by EBs to mediate science learning through evidence-based argumentation. A thematic analysis of students'…
Descriptors: Science Education, Second Language Instruction, Bilingual Education, Persuasive Discourse
Anderson-Mejías, Pamela – Hispania, 2018
Spanish heritage language learners (SHLL) on the United States-Mexico border in Texas often select online classes for convenience. This qualitative investigation presents preliminary information on how these SHLLs view twenty online Spanish courses based on 391 course evaluations. The literature indicates a need to consider heritage languages…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Standards
Hudgens Henderson, Mary; Wilson, Damián Vergara; Woods, Michael R. – Hispania, 2020
This study investigates correlations of course level, gender, and ethnic identity labels with attitudinal dimensions toward Spanish by Spanish as a Heritage Language Learners in New Mexico. Participants in first-semester (n = 327) and fourth-semester (n = 174) Spanish as a Heritage Language courses rated twelve items designed to index language…
Descriptors: Spanish, Heritage Education, Self Concept, Hispanic American Students
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
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
Gerhart, Larry – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this exploratory study was to identify factors impacting second language oral proficiency of native English speaking secondary students in public schools in Texas that had chosen to complete at least two years of traditional classroom Spanish instruction. Further, the study sought to determine the effectiveness of the traditional…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Martinez, Glenn A.; Petrucci, Peter R. – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2004
The present study measures linguistic insecurity among college level heritage language (HL) learners along the Texas-Mexico border. We measured students' self-reported confidence in speaking and writing in English and in Spanish and analyzed students' perception of instruction in both languages. We argue that high levels of linguistic insecurity…
Descriptors: Security (Psychology), Standardized Tests, Foreign Countries, Bilingualism
