Heritage Language Speakers: Developing an Important Resource

Authors

Elise Williams, Brigham Young University
Ray Graham, Brigham Young University

Keywords

heritage language speakers, Spanish teachers, native language, academic Spanish, academic skills

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Teacher Education

Abstract

The goal of this project was to begin to create a curriculum which will enable Spanish teachers to help heritage language speakers (those who grew up speaking Spanish in their homes) to develop academically in their native language (L1). The secondary goal of this project is to collect preliminary data to examine the effect of such a curriculum on Hispanic adolescents’ development of academic Spanish.

Recommended Citation

Williams, Elise and Graham, Ray (2013) "Heritage Language Speakers: Developing an Important Resource," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 84.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/84