Learning and not learning in the heritage language classroom : engaging Mexican-origin students /

Learning and not learning in the heritage language classroom : engaging Mexican-origin students /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Helmer, Kimberly Adilia, 1965- author.
Imprint:	Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, 2020.
Description:	x, 251 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Bilingual education & bilingualism ; 121 Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 121.
Subject:	Mexican Americans -- Education (Secondary) -- United States. Heritage language speakers -- Education (Secondary) Spanish language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) Mexican Americans -- Education (Secondary) Spanish language -- Study and teaching (Secondary) United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12392755

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ISBN:	9781788927628 1788927621 9781788927635 178892763X 9781788927642 9781788927659 9781788927666
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book examines the first year of a charter high school and presents a case-study of compulsory Spanish heritage language instruction with both a dominant and non-dominant Spanish teacher. The study also follows the same students to their humanities-English class, bringing into focus what works and what does not with this group of learners"--
Other form:	Online version: Helmer, Kimberly Adilia, 1965- Learning and not learning in the heritage language classroom Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, 2020. 9781788927642

Table of Contents:

1. Chapter 1. Beginnings and Endings
2. Chapter 2. From Cecilia Paulson to Downtown High School, Research Questions, Methodology and Theoretical Frameworks, (Fall 2004)
3. Chapter 3. Hablais Como Pachucos
4. Chapter 4. It's Not Real; it's Just Spanish Class
5. Chapter 5. The Tao of Teaching
6. Chapter 6. Place and Project-Based Spanish Heritage Language Teaching and Learning
7. Chapter 7. Then and Now