1st Edition
Heritage Speakers of Spanish and Study Abroad
Heritage Speakers of Spanish and Study Abroad is an edited volume that provides emerging research on heritage speakers of Spanish in immersion contexts in theoretical, empirical, and programmatic terms.
This edited collection seeks to expand our understanding of heritage speakers of Spanish by incorporating research on their linguistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic development during and after a sojourn abroad, by discussing the complexities of their identity formation and negotiation during immersive stays, and by highlighting programmatic innovations that could be leveraged to better serve diverse learners in study abroad contexts.
This volume advances the fields of both heritage language education and research on immersion study in a variety of ways, and will be of interest to scholars of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and educational linguistics, especially those interested in study abroad programming and Spanish for heritage speakers.
Introduction
Rebecca Pozzi, California State University, Monterey Bay
Tracy Quan, University of Colorado, Boulder
Chelsea Escalante, University of Wyoming
Section I. Sociolinguistics
Chapter 1: Sociolinguistic competence among heritage speakers of Spanish abroad: Key findings, critical gaps, and contributions to variationist theory
Kimberly Geeslin, Indiana University
Aarnes Gudmestad, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Maria Hasler Barker, Sam Houston State University
Matthew Kanwit, University of Pittsburgh
Avizia Y. Long, San José State University
Megan Solon, University at Albany, SUNY
Chapter 2: The long-term impact of a sojourn abroad on heritage language learners of Spanish: The case of vosotros versus ustedes
Angela George, University of Calgary
Francisco Salgado-Robles, CUNY College of Staten Island
Chapter 3: "Aquí el español es muy diferente": Mexican Americans’ linguistic accommodation in social interactions with Spanish peers
Meghann M. Peace, St. Mary’s University
Chapter 4: Individual differences in dialectal accommodation: Case studies of heritage speakers volunteering in coastal Ecuador
Chelsea Escalante, University of Wyoming
Section II. Pragmatics
Chapter 5: Researching Spanish heritage language pragmatics in study abroad
Rachel L. Shively, Illinois State University
Chapter 6: The pragmatic development of heritage speakers of Spanish studying abroad in Argentina
Rebecca Pozzi, California State University, Monterey Bay
Chelsea Escalante, University of Wyoming
Tracy Quan, University of Colorado, Boulder
Section III. Identity
Chapter 7: Heritage speakers of Spanish and study abroad: Shifting identities in new contexts
Jennifer Leeman, George Mason University
Meagan Driver, Michigan State University
Chapter 8: The diverse experiences of heritage speakers at a Guatemalan language school: Linguistic agency in the contact zone
Julia Menard-Warwick, University of California, Davis
Shannon Kehoe, University of Texas, Austin
Deborah Palmer, University of Colorado, Boulder
Section IV. Linguistic Development
Chapter 9: Linguistic development of Spanish heritage learners in study abroad: Considerations, implications, and future directions
Chelsea Escalante, University of Wyoming
Carolina Viera, Boise State University
Melissa Patiño-Vega, Portland State University
Chapter 10: The impact of study abroad on Spanish heritage learners’ writing development
Laura Marqués-Pascual, University of California, Santa Barbara
Section V. Program Design
Chapter 11: Spanish heritage language learners abroad: Inclusive pedagogies for critical sociocultural linguistic literacy
Claudia Holguín Mendoza, University of California, Riverside
Analisa Taylor, University of Oregon
Chapter 12: Enhancing readiness for the immersive experience: Spanish heritage language learners as conversation partners in predeparture sessions
Silvia Marijuan, California Polytechnic State University
Chapter 13: An international service-learning experience for Spanish heritage speakers: The nursing home
Antonio F. Jiménez Jiménez, California State University Channel Islands
Afterword: Charting a path forward for Spanish heritage speakers in study abroad
Cristina Sanz, Georgetown University
Biography
Rebecca Pozzi is an Assistant Professor of Spanish Language and Linguistics at California State University, Monterey Bay, USA.
Tracy Quan is an Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
Chelsea Escalante is an Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of Wyoming, USA.
"Heritage Spanish speakers are one of the fastest growing college demographics, yet just 7% of students who study abroad are Latino. This timely volume illustrates key themes within the growing linguistic, pre-professional, and identity-based aspects of what happens when heritage Spanish speakers study abroad. These understandings can help the profession develop study abroad programs best suited for heritage speakers’ needs, and ideally increase their participation in these life-changing experiences."
Kim Potowski, University of Illinois at Chicago