A Sociolinguistic Approach to Teaching Spanish Grammatical Structures

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 195-213

  Shin, Naomi L ^a   Hudgens Henderson, Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

language attitudes; linguistic prejudice; native heritage learners; sociolinguistic variation; Spanish grammar

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013427975     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: 19449720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/flan.12249     Document Type: Article

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