Developing Minority Language Resources : : The Case of Spanish in California /

Developing Minority Language Resources : : The Case of Spanish in California / / Guadalupe Valdés, Joshua A Fishman, Rebecca Chávez, William Pérez.

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This book documents ongoing language shift to English among Latino professionals in California 67% of which studied Spanish formally in high school and 54% of which studied Spanish in college. Taking into account the recommendations about the teaching of Spanish as a heritage language made by these...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Valdés, Guadalupe,
Chávez, Rebecca,
Fishman, Joshua A,
MitwirkendeR:
Chavez, Rebecca,
Fishman, Joshua A.,
Perez, William,
Valdes, Guadalup,
Valdes, Guadalupe,
Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
Series:Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (344 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Acquisition, Maintenance, and Recovery of Heritage Languages
  • Chapter 2. Three Hundred–Plus Years of Heritage Language Education in the United States
  • Chapter 3. The Spanish Language in California
  • Chapter 4. The Use of Spanish by Latino Professionals in California
  • Chapter 5. The Foreign Language Teaching Profession and the Challenges of Developing Language Resources
  • Chapter 6. Secondary Spanish Heritage Programs in California
  • Chapter 7. Postsecondary Spanish Heritage Programs in California
  • Chapter 8. The Teaching of Heritage Languages
  • Chapter 9. Imagining Linguistic Pluralism in the United States
  • Methodological Appendix

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