Title:
Innovative strategies for heritage language teaching : a practical guide for the classroom / Marta Fairclough and Sara M. Beaudrie, editors ; foreword by Ana Roca ; afterword by Guadalupe Valdés.
Author:
Fairclough, Marta Ana, editor.
Beaudrie, Sara M., editor.
Roca, Ana, writer of foreword.
Valdés, Guadalupe, writer of afterword.
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2016]
Call Number:
P51 .I47 2016
Abstract:
Heritage language (HL) education has as its primary aims to help learners regain, develop, or maintain their HL while gaining deeper understanding of their cultural heritage. The topic has gained traction in recent years, as the interest in bilingual education and the numbers of people speaking English as a second language have grown. Teachers play a vital role in advancing HL learning (HLL). This edited volume presents them with the knowledge and tools necessary to overcome common obstacles in HLL based on cutting-edge research. In twelve chapters, contributors address the various types of challenges faced in trying to transfer research findings into new teaching approaches and encourages teacher innovation. Part I reviews fundamental issues in curricular, teacher, and program development, while Part II addresses pedagogical strategies, techniques, and approaches. The book seeks to answer questions such as, What are the best ways to help HLL acquire language for use in professional settings? How should HL learners' skills be assessed? How should new HL programs be designed? How do we define HL learners? How do we prepare teachers to meet their needs? While many HLL books focus on Spanish, information on multiple languages is included in this book.
ISBN:
9781626163379
9781626163386
Physical Description:
xiv, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Introduction : Heritage language education in the United States / Marta Fairclough and Sara Beaudrie -- Part I. Foundations in heritage language teaching : essential notions in curricula, teacher, and program development. Toward a prototype model of the heritage language learner : understanding strengths and needs / Eve Zykik -- Goals and beyond in heritage language education : from competencies to capabilities / Glenn Martínez -- Sociolinguistics for heritage language educators and students : a model for critical translingual competence / Jennifer Leeman and Ellen J. Serafini -- Building a heritage language program : guidelines for a collaborative approach / Sara M. Beaudrie -- Teacher development in heritage language education / Manel Lacorte -- Part II. Strategies, techniques, and approaches in heritage language teaching. Supporting heritage language learners through macrobased teaching : foundational principles and implementation strategies for heritage language and mixed classes / Maria Carreira -- Incorporating additional varieties to the linguistic repertoires of heritage language learners : a multidialectal model / Marta Fairclough -- Critical approaches to heritage language instruction : how to foster students' critical consciousness / María Luisa Parra -- Designing meaning in inherited languages : a multiliteracies approach to HL instruction / Malena Samaniego and Chantelle Warner -- Heritage language learner assessment : towards proficiency standards / Gabriela Ilieva and Beth Clark-Gareca -- Technology-enhanced heritage language instruction : best tools and best practices / Florencia Henshaw -- Afterword : Curricularizing language : implications for heritage language instruction / Guadalupe Valdés.
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