Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States: The State of the Field

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Contents List of Illustrations ix List of Abbreviations xi Introduction: Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States 1 Sara M. Beaudrie and Marta Fairclough PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIELD 1 Spanish Heritage Language Maintenance: Its Legacy and Its Future 21 Susana V. Rivera-Mills 2 Investigating Language Ideologies in Spanish as a Heritage Language 43 Jennifer Leeman 3 Policy and Planning Research for Spanish as a Heritage Language: From Language Rights to Linguistic Resource 61 Glenn Martı́nez 4 Key Concepts for Theorizing Spanish as a Heritage Language 79 Andrew Lynch PART II: LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVES 5 The Grammatical Competence of Spanish Heritage Speakers 101 Silvina Montrul 6 Pragmatics and Discourse: Doing Things with Words in Spanish as a Heritage Language 121 Derrin Pinto vii viii CONTENTS 7 Code-Switching: From Theoretical to Pedagogical Considerations 139 Ana M. Carvalho PART III: LEARNERS’ PERSPECTIVES 8 SHL Learners’ Attitudes and Motivations: Reconciling Opposing Forces 161 Cynthia M. Ducar 9 Identity and Heritage Learners: Moving beyond Essentializations 179 Kim Potowski PART IV: PEDAGOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 10 Research on University-Based Spanish Heritage Language Programs in the United States: The Current State of Affairs 203 Sara M. Beaudrie 11 Meeting the Needs of Heritage Language Learners: Approaches, Strategies, and Research 223 Maria M. Carreira 12 Advanced Biliteracy Development in Spanish as a Heritage Language 241 M. Cecilia Colombi and Joseph Harrington 13 Language Assessment: Key Theoretical Considerations in the Academic Placement of Spanish Heritage Language Learners 259 Marta Fairclough Afterword: Future Directions for the Field of Spanish as a Heritage Language 279 Guadalupe Valdés Contributors 291 Index 295 ...