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
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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