Spanish As A Heritage Language in the United States :  The State Of The Field / 
Sara M. Beaudrie and Marta Fairclough, editors. 
 - Washington, DC :  Georgetown University Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 308 pages) :  illustrations, maps. 
 - Georgetown studies in Spanish linguistics series .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction : Spanish as a Heritage Language in the United States /  Spanish Heritage Language Maintenance : Its Legacy and Its Future /  Investigating Language Ideologies in Spanish as a Heritage Language /  Policy and Planning Research for Spanish as a Heritage Language : From Language Rights to Linguistic Resource /  Key Concepts for Theorizing Spanish as a Heritage Language /  The Grammatical Competence of Spanish Heritage Speakers /  Pragmatics and Discourse: Doing Things with Words in Spanish as a Heritage Language /  Code-Switching : From Theoretical to Pedagogical Considerations /  SHL Learners' Attitudes and Motivations : Reconciling Opposing Forces /  Identity and Heritage Learners : Moving beyond Essentializations /  Research on University-Based Spanish Heritage Language Programs in the United States : The Current State of Affairs /  Meeting the Needs of Heritage Language Learners : Approaches, Strategies, and Research /  Advanced Biliteracy Development in Spanish as a Heritage Language /  Language Assessment : Key Theoretical Considerations in the Academic Placement of Spanish Heritage Language Learners /  Afterword : Future Directions for the Field of Spanish as a Heritage Language /  Sara M. Beaudrie and Marta Fairclough --  Susana V. Rivera-Mills --  Jennifer Leeman --  Glenn Martínez --  Andrew Lynch --  Silvina Montrul --  Derrin Pinto --  Ana M. Carvalho --  Cynthia M. Ducar --  Kim Potowski --  Sara M. Beaudrie --  Maria M. Carreira --  M. Cecilia Colombi and Joseph Harrington --  Marta Fairclough --  Guadalupe Valdés. 
<br/><br/> There is growing interest in heritage language learners-individuals who have a personal or familial connection to a nonmajority language. Spanish learners represent the largest segment of this population in the United States. In this comprehensive volume, experts offer an interdisciplinary overview of research on Spanish as a heritage language in the United States. They also address the central role of education within the field. Contributors offer a wealth of resources for teachers while proposing future directions for scholarship. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781589019393 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Spanish language--Study and teaching--United States.<br/>Spanish language--Acquisition.<br/>Education, Bilingual--United States.<br/>Hispanic Americans--Languages.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PC4068  / .S636 2012