Experiences of Spanish Heritage Speakers in University Foreign Language Courses and Implications for Teaching Training.

Potowski, Kim

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ERIC Number: EJ647316

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Publication Date: 2002

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Experiences of Spanish Heritage Speakers in University Foreign Language Courses and Implications for Teaching Training.

Potowski, Kim

ADFL Bulletin, v33 n3 p35-42 Spr 2002

Discusses heritage language students enrolled in Spanish as a foreign language courses. Students and teaching assistants answered questionnaires about course experiences and decisions. Results illustrate student perceptions about their level of expertise in Spanish, the advantages and disadvantages of having heritage fluency in a class of native English speakers, and about the linguistic proficiency of their TA instructors. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Heritage Education, Higher Education, Language Enrollment, Language Proficiency, Questionnaires, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Spanish Speaking, Student Attitudes, Teaching Assistants

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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