Investigación y pedagogía en la enseñanza del español como lengua de herencia (ELH): una metasíntesis cualitativa

“I Know There's Something Like That in Spanish”: Heritage Language Learners' Multifaceted Interactions with Linguistically Diverse Peers

“…Moreover, previous studies have explored HLLs' ability to help L2Ls of their heritage language (namely, Spanish), but their potential to help and learn from a wider variety of peer learners (who do not fit neatly into the HLL or L2L category) remains unexamined in the literature. Finally, our study responds to Gironzetti and Belpoliti's (2018) call for future research in high school contexts…”

“…In addition, because most studies have been conducted with adults in university settings, we know little about adolescent HLLs' interactions and learning experiences in high schools. Gironzetti and Belpoliti (2018) This study addressed these research gaps by exploring the nuanced ways in which a high-school-level HLL interacted with peers of varying language expertise in the context of an extracurricular dual-language program (EXDLP 2 ), which we describe below. This study has theoretical and practical significance for researchers and educators who…”

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

“…The SCHL language classroom has long been a site of interest for languages educators (Gironzetti and Belpoliti 2018;Belpoliti and Bermejo 2019). HL Courses typically seek to capitalize on the oral and aural skills that HL bring to the classroom, and to develop other areas of proficiency/competency, especially written registers of the prestige variety of Spanish.…”

“…Against this backdrop, we turn to the field of Heritage/Community Language Education (HCLE), which, despite its relatively recent trajectory as a field of studies, is emerging as a key area of research interest, particularly in the case of Spanish as a heritage language in the United States (U.S.) where the number of Spanish heritage language (HL) learners has grown exponentially (Fairclough 2015;Kagan and Dillon 2018;Gironzetti and Belpoliti 2018;Alvord and Thompsom 2020).This growing body of research has shed light on various aspects of the HCL learning experience, from the diversity of HL learner groups and learner's motivation to attitudes towards the HCL to the prevalent linguistic features of HCL classroom interaction. However, as Xu and Moloney (2017) highlight in the context of Chinese as a HCL in Australia-a comparable case to the Spanish language one in the U.S.-limited research attention has been afforded to the intersection between language learning and the development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC) for HCL learners.…”

Arabic as a heritage language: A scoping review

“…This research is carried out in the broader context of Arabic as a second language (ASL), which Alhawary (2009: 48) characterizes as generally being “parsimonious and sporadic,” consisting of only two longitudinal studies at the time of writing. Examining less commonly taught languages, Lee (2005: 555–556) claims that while there is a clear trend in foreign language programs to differentiate students based on their status as heritage speakers, “much confusion” still exists as to what constitutes a HLL (see the discussions of terminology in Gironzetti & Belpoliti, 2018; Hornberger & Wang, 2008; Kagan, Carreira, & Hitchins Chik, 2017; Leeman, 2015). We address these two issues as they pertain to Arabic by focusing in particular on how studies in this domain define and/or operationalize the concepts of “heritage language” or “heritage speakers/learners,” further contributing to the wider field of second language acquisition (SLA) and relevant theoretical and practical discussions taking place in this domain (e.g.…”