Published: 2023-04-14

Linguistic Variation and Grammatical Complexity in Child Heritage Speakers

Pablo Requena

1–23

Abstract

This exploratory study addresses variation along the animacy scale in the bilingual first language acquisition of Spanish Differential Object...

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Heritage Language Learner Confidence Development

Interlocutor Effect in Videoconferencing

Lauren Hetrovicz

24–55

Abstract

Over the past few decades, extensive research has investigated the impact of technology in the second language classroom; however, studies are...

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Building Comfort and Pride at the Borderlands of Spanish and English

A Comparative Case-study of Three Heritage Language Teachers’ Raciolinguistic Identities in an Afterschool Spanish Language Club

Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen, Luz Chung, Cheryl Forbes

56–85

Abstract

Language teacher identity shapes how teachers teach (Kayi-Aydar, 2019) and is vitally important to understand in the context of a Club that aims...

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Critical Tasks En Acción in the Spanish HL Classroom

Julio Torres

86–102

Abstract

This En Acción paper describes a virtual asynchronous task-based lesson on promoting critical language awareness in a blended Spanish heritage...

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Genre Pedagogy within Systemic Functional Linguistics

Developing Heritage Spanish Students’ Persuasive Writing Skills with a Focus on the Subjunctive Mood and Modality

Ana Cristina Sánchez

103–109

Abstract

This research study uses Genre Pedagogy (GP) grounded on Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL) and the Teaching Learning Cycle to develop...

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