Developing minority language resources : the case of Spanish in California / Guadalupe Valde s ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valdés, Guadalupe, Author.

Contributor:

Valdés, Guadalupe.

Series:

Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--California.

Spanish language.

Spanish language--Study and teaching (Higher)--California.

Hispanic Americans--Education--California.

Hispanic Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 317 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book documents ongoing language shift to English among Latino professionals in California 67% of which studied Spanish formally in high school and 54% of which studied Spanish in college. Taking into account the recommendations about the teaching of Spanish as a heritage language made by these professionals, the book then describes current instructional practices used in the teaching of Spanish as an academic subject at the high school and university levels to “heritage” language students who, although educated entirely in English, acquired Spanish at home as their first language. The suggestions made by the Professionals concentrated almost exclusively on Spanish language maintenance (e.g., making cultural/historical connections; showing relevance and significance of language to students’ lives, teaching other subjects in Spanish, teaching legal, medical, business terms in Spanish). The study of goals currently guiding instruction for heritage speakers of Spanish at both the high school and the college levels, on the other hand, raise questions about the potential contribution of educational institutions to the maintenance and retention of Spanish among the current Spanish-speaking population of California.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Acquisition, Maintenance, and Recovery of Heritage Languages

Chapter 2. Three Hundred–Plus Years of Heritage Language Education in the United States

Chapter 3. The Spanish Language in California

Chapter 4. The Use of Spanish by Latino Professionals in California

Chapter 5. The Foreign Language Teaching Profession and the Challenges of Developing Language Resources

Chapter 6. Secondary Spanish Heritage Programs in California

Chapter 7. Postsecondary Spanish Heritage Programs in California

Chapter 8. The Teaching of Heritage Languages

Chapter 9. Imagining Linguistic Pluralism in the United States

Methodological Appendix

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610507788

9781280507786

1280507780

9781853598999

1853598992

OCLC:

475990377