Mi vida en los Estados Unidos: Jóvenes de herencia hispanohablante escriben sus experiencias

Description

“My Life in the United States, Young Hispanic Heritage Language Speakers Write About Their Experiences.” Hispanic students with diverse oral and literacy proficiency levels engage in an autobiographical writing process in a College course designed for heritage language learners. They share common experiences growing up with two languages and two cultures, and similar life struggles. The development of a step by step writing process motivates them to write fluently while turning an oral private language into a written public one. This methodology promotes creativity, discussions about dual identity, future goals, and responsibilities as a growing minority in the U.S; Students also learn syntactic rules, orthography and stylistics. After a semester editing work, they are asked to grant copyright permission for a published book. Proceeds from the sale are used to create a scholarship within the College Foundation for the recovery of heritage languages.

About the Author:
Maria Cristina Montoya (Editora)

Biography (editor) María Cristina Montoya is an Assistant Professor of the State University of New York, College at Oneonta, where she has been teaching Spanish and linguistics since 2000. She completed her undergraduate degree in Social Communication/Journalism at “Universidad del Valle” in Cali-Colombia, her native city. She has been residing in the U.S. since 1993. She studied English at Bergen Community College in New Jersey and later completed a master’s degree from Columbia University- Teachers College in Communication Media-Technologies in Education. In 2011. She graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a doctoral degree in Hispanic Linguistics.