Critical language awareness for the heritage context: Development and validation of a measurement questionnaire

• Published in: Language testing Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 573 - 594
• Main Authors: Beaudrie, Sara, Amezcua, Angelica, Loza, Sergio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.10.2019; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: College students; Context Effect; Critical language awareness; English; English (Second Language); English language; Heritage Education; Heritage language; Ideology; Language acquisition; Language Attitudes; Language ideologies; Language Maintenance; Language Minorities; Language Planning; Language Skill Attrition; Metalinguistics; Minority languages; Monolingualism; Political Attitudes; Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Questionnaires; Reliability; Respondents; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Social Influences; Spanish; Spanish language; Standard Spoken Usage; Statistical analysis; Student Attitudes; Undergraduate Students; Validity; United States > US; heritage language instruction; Critical language awareness; Spanish as a heritage language; heritage language assessment; language ideologies

Critical language awareness (CLA) is increasingly identified as a central component of the Spanish heritage language (SHL) classroom (Leeman, 2005; Martínez, 2003; among others). As a minority language, SHL is subject to sociopolitical, cultural, and economic forces that devalue its status. It is de...