Community-Based Service-Learning as a Way to Meet the Linguistic Needs of Transnational Students in Mexico

Autor/in	Tacelosky, Kathleen
Titel	Community-Based Service-Learning as a Way to Meet the Linguistic Needs of Transnational Students in Mexico
Quelle	In: Hispania, 96 (2013) 2, S.328-341 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
DOI	10.1353/hpn.2013.0038
Schlagwörter	Service Learning; Foreign Countries; Interviews; College Students; Migrant Children; Cooperation; Student Needs; Spanish; Native Language; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Mexicans; Ethnography; Qualitative Research; Language Attitudes; Language Usage; Oral Language; Written Language; Journal Writing; Code Switching (Language); Elementary School Students; High School Students; Observation; Student Journals; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Service-Learning; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Collegestudent; Co-operation; Kooperation; Spanisch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Mexikaner; Ethnografie; Qualitative Forschung; Sprachverhalten; Sprachgebrauch; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Geschriebene Sprache; Zeitschriftenaufsatz; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Beobachtung; Studentenzeitung; Mexiko
Abstract	Following observations and interviews with transnational children that have one or more years of school in the United States and are now in school in Mexico, it was determined that the Mexican public school system has no mechanism in place to offer them the support they need. Therefore, I collaborated with Mexican university students to seek solutions to the challenge of meeting transnationals' language needs. Specifically, I implemented community-based service-learning in which university students met one-on-one with transnational students. Community-based projects, like the one described here, offer future teachers and other university students the opportunity to apply what they are learning in the classroom so that their own learning is enhanced in ways it otherwise would not be. Furthermore, help is extended to younger learners who benefit from one-on-one or small group linguistic support. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Inc. 900 Ladd Road, Walled Lake, MI 48390. Tel: 248-960-2180; Fax: 248-960-9570; e-mail: AATSPoffice@aatsp.org; Web site: http://www.aatsp.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10