To what extent can the functional writing proficiency of Spanish heritage language learners develop after one semester of post-secondary instruction?
Category: Original Research Studies
Are Heritage Language Learners More Proficient Speakers than Writers?
This page features details about ILETC’s 2020 publication in Foreign Language Annals, entitled “Are Heritage Speakers of Spanish Significantly Better at Speaking than at Writing? …
Phonological Advantages of Heritage Learners of Japanese
[Download PDF] Tomonori Nagano (LaGuardia Community College, CUNY), Mieko Sperbeck (John Jay College, CUNY), Ai Mizoguchi (CUNY Graduate Center), & Jun Choi (LaGuardia Community College, CUNY) Abstract This ongoing experimental …
Reshaping language interpreting pedagogy through students’ self-perception of their role as ad hoc interpreters
[Download PDF] Aída Martínez-Gómez John Jay College of Criminal Justice Goals This study aims to analyze the initial assumptions about and attitudes toward interpreting by heritage language learners who have …