The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language

The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language- Front Cover
The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Notes on contributors
Chapter 1: Spanish as a heritage/minority language: a multifaceted
look at ten nations
Introduction
Part I: Social issues
Part II: Linguistic studies
Part III: Educational issues
Part IV: Spanish as a minority/heritage language outside of the U.S.
Conclusions and future directions
Notes
References
PART I:
Social issues
Chapter 2: A historical view of US latinidad and Spanish as a heritage language
Introduction
Language and the cultural imaginary
Issues and topics
Implications and conclusions
Notes
Further reading
References
Chapter 3: Spanish in U.S. language policy and politics
Introduction: the paradox of Spanish in the United States
Discourse about Spanish in politics and beyond
Spanish in municipal, state, and legal contexts
Attitudes and perceptions: Spanish in the U.S. and language academies
Conclusions: undoing the paradox
Notes
References
Chapter 4: Spanish language use, maintenance, and shift in the United States
Introduction
Where is Spanish spoken in the United States?
Language maintenance and shift
Implications for Spanish for heritage speakers
Notes
References
Chapter 5: Spanish in linguistic landscapes of the U.S.
Introduction
Critical issues and topics
Research on Spanish in LLs of the U.S.
Recommendations and future directions
Further reading
References
Chapter 6: Linguistics and Latino studies: intersections for the advancement
of linguistic and social justice
Introduction
Latino studies and sociolinguistics, and their shared investment in the study of Latino language
Early Latino studies approaches to Spanish in the U.S.
Linguistic anthropology
Nativist anti-immigrant discourses
New directions in understanding the role of Spanish and English in Latino lives
Notes
References
Chapter 7: Spanish and identity among Latin@s in the U.S.
Introduction
Critical issues and topics
Investment and imagined communities
Language and identity in specific contexts
Future directions and recommendations
Notes
Further reading
Chapter 8: Spanish as a heritage language and the negotiation of race
Introduction
What is race?
Modern-day U.S. Latina/o racial self-identification
Race and language among U.S. Latina/os
Critical issues
Recommendations for practice
Notes
Acknowledgements
Further reading
References
Chapter 9: Queering Spanish as a heritage language
Introduction
Queer Latinxs, language, and identity
Heteronormativity in SHL textbooks and materials
Data and analysis
Challenges of “inclusion”
Queering the SHL environment
Conclusion
Notes
References
PART II:
Linguistic studies
Chapter 10: Morphology, syntax, and semantics in Spanish as a
heritage language
Introduction
Inflectional morphology
Morphosyntax-semantics-pragmatics interface
Complex syntax
On the nature of grammatical development
Conclusion
Note
References
Chapter 11: Heritage Spanish phonetics and phonology
Introduction
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Future research considerations
Conclusions
Note
Further reading
References
Chapter 12: The lexicon of Spanish heritage language speakers
Introduction
The notion of vocabulary and its dimensions: some key issues
Vocabulary research with heritage Spanish speakers
Further reading
References
Chapter 13: Heritage Spanish pragmatics
Introduction
Pragmalinguistic issues
Sociopragmatic issues
Concluding remarks
References
Chapter 14: Neurolinguistic approaches to Spanish as a heritage language
Introduction
Review of neurolinguistic research on Spanish as a heritage language
Future directions for research
Notes
Further reading
References
Chapter 15: Psycholinguistic perspectives on heritage Spanish
Introduction
Critical issues and topics
Current contributions and research
Recommendations for practice
Future directions
Further reading
References
Chapter 16: Child heritage speakers’ morphosyntax: rate of acquisition
and crosslinguistic influence
Introduction
Rate of acquisition
Crosslinguistic influence in bilingual children’s Spanish morphosyntax
Conclusion
Future directions
Note
Acknowledgments
Further reading
References
Chapter 17: Sociolinguistic variation in U.S. Spanish
The social context of Spanish in the U.S.: conceptual and methodological challenges
Social class and gender in stable variation
Changes in progress
Predicting social variation with linguistic behavior: clustering and stratification in New Mexican Spanish
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 18: Spanish dialectal contact in the United States
Introduction
Challenges to the study of Spanish dialectal contact
Linguistic features and locales
Discussion
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 19: Understanding and leveraging Spanish heritage speakers’
bilingual practices
Introduction
Beyond code
Code-switching practices and translanguaging pedagogies in K-12
Code-switching in university-level heritage language classrooms and curricula
Conclusion
Notes
References
PART III:
Educational issues
Chapter 20: Towards the development of an analytical framework for
examining goals and pedagogical approaches in teaching
language to heritage speakers
Introduction: language curriculum design
Circle 1: contextual/environmental mechanisms that inform the curricularization of language
Circle 2: policies, contexts and traditions that inform the curricularization of language
Circle 3: core program elements in the system of curricularization of language
Rethinking goals and objectives in the teaching of heritage languages
Toward the development of an analytical framework for describing and understanding goals and approaches in HL instruction
Moving forward
Notes
Appendix 1
References
Chapter 21: Outcomes of classroom Spanish heritage language
instruction
Introduction
Previous studies of IHLA
Toward a systematic program of study into IHLA
Conclusion
Notes
Further reading
References
Chapter 22: Critical language awareness and Spanish as a heritage language:
challenging the linguistic subordination of US Latinxs
Introduction
Historical perspectives and theoretical framework
Critical issues and topics
Current contributions and pedagogical proposals
Future directions
Notes
Further reading
References
Chapter 23: Differentiated teaching: a primer for heritage and
mixed classes
Overview
Why differentiate?
Differentiated teaching: principles and strategies
Tools of differentiated teaching
Formative assessment
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 24: Key issues in Spanish heritage language program design and
administration
Introduction
Key issues in language program administration
SHL programs in the United States: a general survey
Challenges faced by HLPs
Specific issues in HLP development and administration
New initiatives and future directions
Conclusion
References
Chapter 25: Spanish for the professions and community service learning:
applications with heritage learners
Introduction
Historical development
Critical issues and topics
Recommendations for practice
Future directions
Further reading
References
Chapter 26: Spanish heritage speakers studying abroad
Introduction
An overview of study abroad
Research on heritage learners studying abroad
Connections between HL and L2 study abroad findings
Recommendations for practice
Future directions
Notes
Further reading
References
Chapter 27: Expanding the multilingual repertoire: teaching cognate
languages to heritage Spanish speakers
Introduction
Historical perspectives
Critical issues on the topic
Current contributions and research
Recommendations for practice
Future directions
Further reading
References
Chapter 28: Developing Spanish in dual language programs: preschool
through twelfth grade
Introduction
Introduction to dual language education
English acquisition and overall achievement in DL programs
The importance of bilingualism for academic success
Spanish language development in DL programs
Impact of student and community characteristics on DL students’ Spanish language proficiency
Critical issues and topics
Future research and implications for practice
Notes
References
Chapter 29: What do we know about U.S. Latino bilingual children’s
Spanish literacy development?
Introduction
Spanish in the U.S.: some considerations
English literacy development
Spanish literacy development
Summary and future directions
Notes
Further reading
References
PART IV:
Spanish as a minority/heritage language outside of the U.S.
Chapter 30: Spanish in the Antipodes: diversity and hybridity of Latino/a
Spanish speakers in Australia and Aotearoa-New Zealand
Introduction/definitions
Indigeneity, immigration and demographic profiles
Language policy and research
Case studies
Summary and reflections
Recommendations and future directions
Notes
Further reading
References
Chapter 31: Spanish as a heritage language in Italy
Introduction
Latinos in Italy
Spanish in Italy
“No es que hablo español, hablo mi español”: Latinos’ linguistic practices in Italy
Spanish at school
Conclusions
Notes
Further reading
References
Chapter 32: Spanish as a heritage language in Germany
Introduction
Heritage languages in Germany
Spanish as a heritage language (SHL) in the German education system today
New approaches for heritage languages in Germany
The future of heritage language in Germany with a focus on Spanish
Notes
Further reading
References
Chapter 33: Spanish as a heritage language in Switzerland
Introduction
Heritage language policies in Switzerland
Teaching Spanish as a heritage language in Switzerland
Conclusions
Note
References
Chapter 34: Chilean Spanish speakers in Sweden: transnationalism,
trilingualism, and linguistic systems
Introduction
Transmigration and national, cultural, and linguistic identification
Maintenance, attrition, language change, and Spanish-Swedish-English contact
Educational opportunities and trilingualism
Conclusions
Notes
References
Chapter 35: Spanish as a minority/heritage language in Canada
and the UK
Migration flow of Spanish-speakers to the UK
Spanish-speaking communities in the UK
Critical issues, topics, and contributions of UK-based research
Hispanic immigration to Canada
Critical issues, topics, and contributions of Canada-based research
Future directions in the UK and Canada
References
Chapter 36: Language issues for US-raised ‘returnees’ in Mexico
Introduction
What is ‘return’ migration?
Return migration to Mexico
Return, language, and identity in San Luis Potosí
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Further reading
References
Index