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Perspectivas Sobre La Enseñanza Del Español A Los Hablantes De Herencia, Kim Potowski, Andrew Lynch
Perspectivas Sobre La Enseñanza Del Español A Los Hablantes De Herencia, Kim Potowski, Andrew Lynch
Andrew Lynch
This article considers sociolinguistic and pedagogical underpinnings of teaching Spanish to bilinguals in the US, focusing on some of the challenges they present at various educational levels: (1) their sociolinguistic and cultural heterogeneity; (2) some of the linguistic phenomena present in their communicative repertoires and some of the linguistic, affective and academic aspects that influence their acquisition and use of Spanish; and (3) pedagogical approaches that are most appropriate for this population. [in Spanish]