Heritage Language Program Direction: Research into Practice

This innovative text presents an introduction to different facets of building and leading language education programs at the university level to meet the needs of students who are minority speakers of a heritage language (HL) - also known as community or home languages.

Author: Sara M. Beaudrie, Sergio Loza
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 05/18/2023
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55d
ISBN: 9781032189994

About the Author

Sara M. Beaudrie is Professor of Spanish Linguistics in the School of International Letters and Cultures at Arizona State University and Director of the Spanish Heritage Program. She is the co-editor of Heritage Language Teaching: Critical Language Awareness Perspectives for Research and Pedagogy (Routledge, 2022) as well as two other volumes on heritage language education. She is also the co-author of Heritage Language Pedagogy: Research and Practice (2014).

Sergio Loza is Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics at the University of Oregon and Director of the Spanish Heritage Program. He is the co-editor of Heritage Language Teaching: Critical Language Awareness Perspectives for Research and Pedagogy (Routledge, 2022) and has published extensively on critical language awareness and language ideologies.