Writing in Spanish as a Heritage Language: A Multidimensional Analysis

Autor/in	Asención-Delaney, Yuly
Titel	Writing in Spanish as a Heritage Language: A Multidimensional Analysis
Quelle	In: Foreign Language Annals, 53 (2020) 4, S.877-896 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0015-718X
DOI	10.1111/flan.12496
Schlagwörter	Native Speakers; Native Language; Spanish Speaking; Writing (Composition); Writing Instruction; College Students; Language Patterns; Language Proficiency; Grammar; Distinctive Features (Language); Language Usage + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muttersprachler; Schreibübung; Schreibunterricht; Collegestudent; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Grammatik; Sprachgebrauch
Abstract	Spanish heritage speakers in the United States exhibit a wide range of linguistic profiles due to a combination of political, social, and educational factors. Most of them acquire Spanish at home without formal instruction in writing. Although previous research has explored the main challenges faced by these learners in Spanish writing courses, no current research has examined the linguistic features that characterize their writing using a corpus-based approach that would facilitate the identification of their actual patterns of language use. This study presents the findings of a multidimensional analysis of the writing produced by Spanish heritage learners in three composition classes at the college level. The findings show how 47 lexical and grammatical features co-occur in four distinctive discourse types: informational, descriptive, narrative, and detached, with some variation observed across proficiency levels. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01