Innovative Strategies for Heritage Language Teaching: A Practical Guide for the Classroom
Innovative Strategies for Heritage Language Teaching: A Practical Guide for the Classroom
edited by Marta Fairclough and Sara M. Beaudrie contributions by Glenn Martínez, Jennifer Leeman, Ellen Serafini, Sara M. Beaudrie, Manel Lacorte, Maria M. Carreira, Marta Fairclough, Maria L. Parra, Malena Samaniego, Chantelle Warner, Gabriela Ilieva, Beth Clark-Gareca, Florencia Giglio Henshaw, Marta Fairclough, Sara M. Beaudrie and Eve C. Zyzik afterword by Guadalupe Valdés and Guadalupe Valdés foreword by Ana Roca
Georgetown University Press, 2016 eISBN: 978-1-62616-339-3 | Paper: 978-1-62616-338-6 | Cloth: 978-1-62616-337-9 Library of Congress Classification P51.I47 2016 Dewey Decimal Classification 418.007
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Heritage language (HL) learning and teaching presents particularly difficult challenges. Melding cutting-edge research with innovations in teaching practice, the contributors in this volume provide practical knowledge and tools that introduce new solutions informed by linguistic, sociolinguistic, and educational research on heritage learners. Scholars address new perspectives and orientations on designing HL programs, assessing progress and proficiency, transferring research knowledge into classroom practice, and the essential question of how to define a heritage learner. Articles offer analysis and answers on multiple languages, and the result is a unique and essential text—the only comprehensive guide for heritage language learning based on the latest theory and research with suggestions for the classroom.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Marta Fairclough is a professor of Spanish linguistics and the director of heritage language education at the University of Houston. She is a coeditor with Sara M. Beaudrie of Spanish and Heritage Language Education in the United States.
Sara M. Beaudrie is an associate professor of Spanish linguistics and the director of the Spanish for heritage learners program in the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University.
REVIEWS
"This volume provides a state-of-the-art overview of research and practice in teaching heritage languages in the United States including a wealth of information about recent theoretical and pedagogical innovations that will be useful for teachers and researchers who work with students of various heritage language backgrounds. I highly recommend this book not only to language professionals who want to make a difference in the lives of students from various minority language communities but also to any language professionals committed to improving instructional and assessment practices in language education generally."
-- Kimi Kondo-Brown, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ForewordAna Roca
Introduction: Heritage language education in the United States Marta Fairclough & Sara Beaudrie
Part I. Foundations in Heritage Language Teaching: Essential Notions in Curricula, Teacher, and Program Development1. Towards a Prototype Model of the Heritage Language Learner: Understanding Strengths and Needs Eve Zykik2. Goals and Beyond in Heritage Language Education: From Competencies to Capabilities Glenn Martínez3. Sociolinguistics for Heritage Language Educators and Students: A Model for Critical Translingual Competence Jennifer Leeman and Ellen J. Serafini4. Building a Heritage Language Program: Guidelines for a Collaborative ApproachSara M. Beaudrie5. Teacher Development in Heritage Language Education Manel Lacorte
Part II. Strategies, Techniques, and Approaches in Heritage Language Teaching6. Supporting Heritage Language Learners through Macrobased Teaching: Foundational Principles and Implementation Strategies for Heritage Language and Mixed Classes Maria Carreira 7. Incorporating Additional Varieties to the Linguistic Repertoires of Heritage Language Learners: A Multidialectal ModelMarta Fairclough8. Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Instruction: How to Foster Students' Critical ConsciousnessMaría Luisa Parra9. Designing Meaning in Inherited Languages: A ‘Multiliteracies’ Approach to HL Instruction Malena Samaniego and Chantelle Warner10. Heritage Language Learner Assessment: Towards Proficiency Standards Gabriela Nik. Ilieva & Beth Clark-Gareca11. Technology-Enhanced Heritage Language Instruction: Best Tools and Best Practices Florencia Henshaw
Afterword: Curricularizing Language: Implications for Heritage Language InstructionGuadalupe Valdés