Advances in Spanish heritage language assessment
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Sara M. Beaudrie
Abstract
The growth of Spanish heritage language (SHL) programs in the United States has brought increasing interest among scholars to two key issues for SHL instruction: academic language placement and language assessment (Beaudrie, 2012; Fairclough, 2012). SHL programs have been pressed to find effective ways to both identify and place students in the appropriate course or determine if the student qualifies for the courses offered in the track. At the same time, the particularities of SHL learners have posed unique challenges in the areas of language proficiency assessment and the measurement of student progress. This chapter offers a review of current scholarship in this area of research as well as practical recommendations and ideas for those seeking to strengthen their placement and assessment practices in SHL courses. As way of conclusion, recommendations for future research will be offered.
Abstract
The growth of Spanish heritage language (SHL) programs in the United States has brought increasing interest among scholars to two key issues for SHL instruction: academic language placement and language assessment (Beaudrie, 2012; Fairclough, 2012). SHL programs have been pressed to find effective ways to both identify and place students in the appropriate course or determine if the student qualifies for the courses offered in the track. At the same time, the particularities of SHL learners have posed unique challenges in the areas of language proficiency assessment and the measurement of student progress. This chapter offers a review of current scholarship in this area of research as well as practical recommendations and ideas for those seeking to strengthen their placement and assessment practices in SHL courses. As way of conclusion, recommendations for future research will be offered.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
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Introduction
- Charting the past, present, and future of Spanish heritage language research 1
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Unit 1: Formal approaches to Spanish as a Heritage Language
- Formal linguistic approaches to heritage language acquisition 13
- A new look at heritage Spanish and its speakers 27
- On the nuclear intonational phonology of heritage speakers of Spanish 51
- Relative clause attachment preferences in early and late Spanish-English bilinguals 81
- Losing your case? Dative experiencers in Mexican Spanish and heritage speakers in the United States 99
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Unit 2: Educational approaches to Spanish as a heritage language
- Current issues in Spanish heritage language education 127
- Advances in Spanish heritage language assessment 143
- A general framework and supporting strategies for teaching mixed classes 159
- Understanding identity among Spanish heritage learners 177
- Heritage language healing? Learners’ attitudes and damage control in a heritage language classroom 205
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Unit 3: Future lines of development in heritage language education
- Emerging trends with heritage language instructional practices 221
- New directions in heritage language pedagogy 237
- Heritage language learning in study abroad 259
- Online courses for heritage learners 281
- Flipping the classroom 299
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Afterword
- Looking ahead 325
- Author Index 347
- Subject Index 351
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
-
Introduction
- Charting the past, present, and future of Spanish heritage language research 1
-
Unit 1: Formal approaches to Spanish as a Heritage Language
- Formal linguistic approaches to heritage language acquisition 13
- A new look at heritage Spanish and its speakers 27
- On the nuclear intonational phonology of heritage speakers of Spanish 51
- Relative clause attachment preferences in early and late Spanish-English bilinguals 81
- Losing your case? Dative experiencers in Mexican Spanish and heritage speakers in the United States 99
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Unit 2: Educational approaches to Spanish as a heritage language
- Current issues in Spanish heritage language education 127
- Advances in Spanish heritage language assessment 143
- A general framework and supporting strategies for teaching mixed classes 159
- Understanding identity among Spanish heritage learners 177
- Heritage language healing? Learners’ attitudes and damage control in a heritage language classroom 205
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Unit 3: Future lines of development in heritage language education
- Emerging trends with heritage language instructional practices 221
- New directions in heritage language pedagogy 237
- Heritage language learning in study abroad 259
- Online courses for heritage learners 281
- Flipping the classroom 299
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Afterword
- Looking ahead 325
- Author Index 347
- Subject Index 351
