Critical Language Awareness in the Spanish as a Heritage Language College Classroom

Henderson, Mary Hudgens

doi:10.3390/languages7030157

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“…A number of recent studies have implemented CLA pedagogical approaches and measured their effectiveness in the HL classroom setting (Quan 2020;Hudgens Henderson 2022). However, no data were found on the influence of students' increased CLA levels on their ethnic identity development.…”

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Examining the Influence of Spanish Heritage Language Learners’ Critical Language Awareness (CLA) Development on Ethnic Identity Formation

García

2022

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As critical language pedagogies are being implemented in heritage language (HL) settings, there is an increasing need to examine the impact of critical approaches in Spanish HL speakers. The present study examines how the development of HL learners’ critical language awareness (CLA) influences ethnic identity formation in a university-level course that adopts a critical approach to HL instruction. As part of the curricular content, a CLA instructional intervention, consisting of a 4-week unit (10 h), was implemented. First, to measure ethnic identity, at the beginning (pre) and at the end of the semester (post), students completed the Ethnic Identity Scale (EIS) and provided comments with their answers. Additionally, in order to examine CLA development before and after the intervention, participants completed an existing questionnaire, which addresses topics such as language variation, language ideologies, and bilingualism. Overall, the results show that students’ CLA levels increased from “somewhat high” to “high”. Furthermore, participants reported different ethnic–racial identity statuses, which moved toward ethnic identity achievement. Higher CLA levels were associated with an achieved positive status. These findings can contribute to a better understanding of the link between students’ CLA and ethnic identity in HL educational settings, where a critical language pedagogy is applied.

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Examining the Influence of Spanish Heritage Language Learners’ Critical Language Awareness (CLA) Development on Ethnic Identity Formation

García

2022

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“…At the very least, awareness entails a raised level of self-awareness of the language patterns we employ. We must understand that although the relationships between a language's forms and meanings can occasionally be random, language is a system and is generally patterned deliberately (Demetriou et al, 2020;Brinkmann et al, 2021;Hudgens Henderson, 2022). This study was influenced by the idea that linguistic awareness improves learning.…”

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Interactional Feedback on English Proficiency: Grammatical Awareness

Amiruddin,

Adzim,

Sadat Malik

et al. 2022

IJRER

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This study examines whether or not interactional feedback has a considerable positive impact on first-year MA Nurul As'adiyah Callacu students' grammatical awareness. The pre-experimental research method was used in the study. 38 grade X A students made up the sample. The research's pre- and post-test grammatical data were collected, and the t-test in SPSS was used to assess it. The study's findings showed a substantial difference between the students' levels of grammatical awareness on the pretest and posttest. The fact that the mean posttest score was greater than the mean pretest score (91.32 > 59.08) served as evidence. These mean scores were different in a statistically significant way. The probability value is lower than the significant level (0.00 < 0.05), which was based on the t-test value at the significant level of 0.05. Based on the result analysis, it can be said that interactional feedback significantly improved grammatical awareness in the first year of MA Nurul As'adiyah Callacu because it promoted learners' intellectual operations and thought processes, which led them to reflect on ideas, particularly in grammar learning.

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Feeling grammarlessness: developing Critical Language Awareness (CLA) in advanced Spanish grammar and linguistics courses for Latinxs

Durán Urrea,

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2023

Journal of Spanish Language Teaching

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Critical Language Awareness in the Spanish as a Heritage Language College Classroom

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Examining the Influence of Spanish Heritage Language Learners’ Critical Language Awareness (CLA) Development on Ethnic Identity Formation

Examining the Influence of Spanish Heritage Language Learners’ Critical Language Awareness (CLA) Development on Ethnic Identity Formation

Interactional Feedback on English Proficiency: Grammatical Awareness

Feeling grammarlessness: developing Critical Language Awareness (CLA) in advanced Spanish grammar and linguistics courses for Latinxs

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