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The Spanish Language: A Means to Conceptualize Our Hispanic Heritage in the U.S.
Ariadne de Villa
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2017.10.002
Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, Texas, USA
This paper focuses on current qualitative and quantitative research in the area of the Spanish language in theUnited States. Statistics point out that by the year 2050, theUnited States of Americawill surpassMexicoin being the country with the greatest population of Spanish-speakers, by becoming the first country with the most speakers of this language in the entire world. This data is relevant whether or not immigration from Spanish-speaking countries continues. The Nielsen Report is a clear proof of how business, education, and other aspects of society are changing to personalize the demand of Hispanic and Latino corporations, having as a result, an increase of the Spanish language in the labor force. Furthermore, the often polemic subject of Spanish of theUnited Stateswill be addressed as well as strategies of how Spanish (or any other heritage language) can be encouraged and taught inside and outside the classroom, serving this way as an educational tool to promote diversity and erase stereotypes.
second/foreign language education, language acquisition methodology, bilingual-bicultural education, cultural studies
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