TY - JOUR
T1 - What's next? Heritage language learners shape new paths in Spanish teaching
AU - Torres, Julio
AU - Pascual Y Cabo, Diego
AU - Beusterien, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The US Census projects that the Hispanic community in the United States will reach 128.8 million by 2060, and this growth requires a better understanding of Spanish as a heritage language (SHL). This essay examines three future areas of development within SHL instruction. First, more communication between communities of research and practice is necessary to improve classroom instruction. Second, novel SHL teaching materials ought to promote a "pedagogy of multiliteracies" approach. Lastly, we provide a discussion that moves beyond differentiated language instruction by considering SHL at all instructional levels and implementing a "heritage studies" curriculum.
AB - The US Census projects that the Hispanic community in the United States will reach 128.8 million by 2060, and this growth requires a better understanding of Spanish as a heritage language (SHL). This essay examines three future areas of development within SHL instruction. First, more communication between communities of research and practice is necessary to improve classroom instruction. Second, novel SHL teaching materials ought to promote a "pedagogy of multiliteracies" approach. Lastly, we provide a discussion that moves beyond differentiated language instruction by considering SHL at all instructional levels and implementing a "heritage studies" curriculum.
KW - Classroom instruction
KW - Heritage studies
KW - Pedagogy ofmultiliteracies
KW - Research and practice
KW - Spanish as a heritage language
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85029655457&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/hpn.2018.0066
DO - 10.1353/hpn.2018.0066
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85029655457
SN - 0018-2133
VL - 100
SP - 271
EP - 276
JO - Hispania
JF - Hispania
IS - 5
ER -