A Pilot Study of Service-Learning in a Spanish Heritage Speaker Course: Community Engagement, Identity, and Language in the Chicago Area

Autor/in	Petrov, Lisa Amor
Titel	A Pilot Study of Service-Learning in a Spanish Heritage Speaker Course: Community Engagement, Identity, and Language in the Chicago Area
Quelle	In: Hispania, 96 (2013) 2, S.310-327 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
DOI	10.1353/hpn.2013.0033
Schlagwörter	Service Learning; Pilot Projects; Spanish; Heritage Education; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Self Concept; Hispanic Americans; Hispanic American Students; Social Justice; Transformative Learning; Surveys; Experiential Learning; Profiles; Student Characteristics; Bilingual Education; English (Second Language); Student Attitudes; Personal Narratives; Undergraduate Students; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Service-Learning; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Spanisch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Selbstkonzept; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Hispanic Americans; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Pädagogische Transformation; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Schülerverhalten; Erlebniserzählung
Abstract	This article presents research findings from a pilot study of the use of service-learning in an intermediate-high class ("Spanish Language and Culture for Heritage Speakers") in the fall semesters of 2010 and 2011. Students reported gains in the areas of communication skills, dispositional learning, language, identity formation, and identification and solidarity with Latino communities of the greater Chicago area. The author argues that service-learning in this context not only serves the goals of the discipline of teaching Spanish language and Hispanic cultures, but that it is also potentially transformative for students. Service-learning engages with social justice education, as well as education for democracy, pointing the discipline in a promising direction as Latino student enrollments continue to grow in the years to come. (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