John Benjamins Publishing Company
Online courses for heritage learners
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Florencia Giglio Henshaw
Abstract
Online and hybrid courses for second language (L2) learners have become increasingly popular among higher-education institutions. However, technology-enhanced heritage language (HL) courses remain the exception, likely due to the scarcity of computer-delivered materials that meet the needs of HL learners. This chapter describes a fully-online Spanish composition course for HL learners developed and implemented at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, during Spring Semester of 2014. In addition to describing the course components and student performance, the chapter also examines the advantages and challenges of online courses for HL learners in terms of meeting practical, pedagogical, and affective needs. Suggestions are made for curricular design of online courses or sections for HL learners, especially at institutions that do not have a large enough population of HL learners to offer separate L2/HL tracks.
Abstract
Online and hybrid courses for second language (L2) learners have become increasingly popular among higher-education institutions. However, technology-enhanced heritage language (HL) courses remain the exception, likely due to the scarcity of computer-delivered materials that meet the needs of HL learners. This chapter describes a fully-online Spanish composition course for HL learners developed and implemented at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, during Spring Semester of 2014. In addition to describing the course components and student performance, the chapter also examines the advantages and challenges of online courses for HL learners in terms of meeting practical, pedagogical, and affective needs. Suggestions are made for curricular design of online courses or sections for HL learners, especially at institutions that do not have a large enough population of HL learners to offer separate L2/HL tracks.
Chapters in this book
- 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
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Acknowledgements ix
-
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
