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¡Nuestra Historia Es Importante! Centering Ethnic Studies In The Spanish As A Heritage Language Classroom, Nancy Domínguez-Fret
¡Nuestra Historia Es Importante! Centering Ethnic Studies In The Spanish As A Heritage Language Classroom, Nancy Domínguez-Fret
11th National Symposium on Spanish as a Heritage Language
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¡Nuestra historia es importante! Centering Ethnic Studies in the Spanish as a Heritage Language Classroom
Abstract for conference program
In the first part of this presentation, I will share my testimonio, which centers my lived experiences as a heritage speaker who became a SHL educator. In the second part I will share a unit rooted in Ethnic/Chicano studies that I designed and have implemented in my SHL classroom.
Presentation description
For numerous heritage speakers, Spanish as a Heritage Language (SHL) classes are their first opportunity to further develop their heritage language in an academic setting. SHL classes …