Language Ideologies and Linguistic Identity in Heritage Language Learning

Language Ideologies and Linguistic Identity in Heritage Language Learning addresses the ways in which discourses about language value and identities of linguistic expertise are constructed and negotiated in the Spanish heritage language (HL) classroom, and how the classroom discourse shapes, and is shaped by, the world outside of the classroom.

The volume examines the sociopolitical contexts, personal histories, and communicative practices of Spanish teachers and students in two diverse geog...