Review: Beaudrie, Sara, Ducar, Cynthia, & Potowski, Kim (2014). Heritage language teaching: Research and practice. New York, New York: McGraw Hill.

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  • Florencia G. Henshaw University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21283/2376905X.3.59

Keywords:

HERITAGE LEARNERS, HERITAGE LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, LANGUAGE TEACHING, HANDBOOK

Abstract

This review introduces readers to Heritage language teaching: Research and practice, by Sara Beaudrie, Cynthia Ducar, and Kim Potowski, which is part of the “Directions in Second Language Learning” series. This handbook offers a comprehensive overview of key concepts, research findings, and pedagogical strategies to better meet the needs of heritage learners, and it underscores the importance of sociolinguistic issues and phenomena in heritage language instruction.

Author Biography

Florencia G. Henshaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Florencia G. Henshaw earned a PhD in Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where she is now the Director of Advanced Spanish. Her research interests focus on evaluating the extent to which different pedagogical tools and practices may be beneficial to second language and heritage language learners, not only in terms of linguistic gains, but also with respect to the learners' perceptions and attitudes. She has also authored two Spanish textbooks: one for grammar review courses and one for composition courses.

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Published

2015-12-31

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Henshaw, F. G. (2015). Review: Beaudrie, Sara, Ducar, Cynthia, & Potowski, Kim (2014). Heritage language teaching: Research and practice. New York, New York: McGraw Hill. EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages, 2(2), 110–113. https://doi.org/10.21283/2376905X.3.59

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2015)

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Book and Technology Reviews

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