11. Reactions to the overt display of Spanish language maintenance in Australia

Martin, Mario Daniel

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“…The focus of the latter research centers particularly on women, children and the youth, with some studies focusing on the experiences of specific national groups (e.g., the El Salvadorian migrants, Chilean migrants, Mexican migrants, etc. ), and, more recently, on digital and transnational citizenship (Martín 1996(Martín , 2011Jones Díaz 2003;Zevallos, 2005aZevallos, , 2005bZevallos, , 2008Mejía 2007Mejía , 2016Sanchez-Castro and Gil 2008;Clyne and Kipp 2011;Rocha and Coronado 2014;Maggio 2017;Jones Díaz and Walker 2018;Mejía, Abascal, and Colic-Peisker 2018). Overall, in terms of language maintenance, Jones Díaz and Walker succinctly observe that "while Australia's language policy has effectively promoted the use of minority languages in the private domain, it has not extended the use of these languages to the public domain" (2018, 466), which includes the education system.…”

Section: The Australian Contextmentioning

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Intercultural communicative competence and Spanish heritage language speakers: an overview from the U.S., Australia and Europe

Díaz

Callahan

2020

Journal of Spanish Language Teaching

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Research on 'heritage/community language education' (HCLE) has a relatively recent trajectory, but it has generated a large number of scholarly publications, particularly in relation to Spanish in the United States (U.S.) where the growth of Spanish heritage language learners (HLL) has been exponential. However, to date, limited research attention has been given to the intersection between heritage language learning and the development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC). This may be attributed to the assumption that, on a daily basis, such learners are required to move and effectively operate between languages and cultures and, therefore, already possess adequate levels of ICC. With the development of ICC, now considered an integral component in language education, the time appears ripe to examine its implications within HCLE. This paper articulates the key similarities and differences in the trajectories of ICC research in relation to university level heritage learners of Spanish in three distinct geographical contexts: Australia, Europe, and the United States.

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Section: The Australian Contextmentioning

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Intercultural communicative competence and Spanish heritage language speakers: an overview from the U.S., Australia and Europe

Díaz

Callahan

2020

Journal of Spanish Language Teaching

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The transmission of Spanish as a heritage language in Australia

Hernández Gallego,

Doquin de Saint-Preux

2024

ARAL

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Although the terms ‘heritage speakers’ and ‘heritage languages’ are relatively new, the phenomena themselves date back to the beginning of migration. In many situations heritage languages do not survive these changes, but in others they are maintained successfully. This research explores the individual factors that promote the maintenance of Spanish as a heritage language in Australia. To achieve this, we preselected the most relevant individual factors found in the literature, that were then included in a questionnaire that reflected the research questions of this study and was distributed online. Participants in this study were 27 adult Australian heritage speakers who were either born in Australia or have lived in Australia since childhood. The results suggest / indicate that the preselected individual factors: the feeling of identification with the heritage language, the motivation to speak the heritage language, and the prestige that is given to Spanish by both the parents and the heritage speakers correlate statistically with the maintenance of Spanish as a heritage language.

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Language usage and culture maintenance: a study of Spanish-speaking immigrant mothers in Australia

Mejía

2015

Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

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11. Reactions to the overt display of Spanish language maintenance in Australia

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Intercultural communicative competence and Spanish heritage language speakers: an overview from the U.S., Australia and Europe

Intercultural communicative competence and Spanish heritage language speakers: an overview from the U.S., Australia and Europe

The transmission of Spanish as a heritage language in Australia

Language usage and culture maintenance: a study of Spanish-speaking immigrant mothers in Australia

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