Strengthening Writing Voices and Identities
Creative Writing, Digital Tools and Artmaking for Spanish Heritage Courses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5901060 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María Luisa Parra (0000-0001-9780-2218, Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 117 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-06 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Languages (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2226-471X • E-ISSN: 2226-471X |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/languages6030117 |
| OpenAlex | W3179706792 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 34 |
This paper presents an analysis of poems, digital art, and accompanying analytical essays authored by four college students taking an advanced Spanish as heritage language. This paper highlights the ways in which creative writing, along with digital tools for artmaking, can enhance the teaching of language literacy to heritage learners. It proposes that creative writing opens up simultaneously meaningful and transformative experiences for students: they engage with the performativity of creative writing, use their voices beyond the constraints of specific genre conventions, engage with critical language awareness exercises, and become motivated to use their writing in order to reach out to the wider Spanish-speaking communities outside the classroom. Digital technologies played a key role in the creative process, as they provided a range of artistic tools and flexibilities that enhanced and complemented the power of the written word. The paper aims to contribute to the pedagogy of Spanish heritage courses and to expand the notions of literacy and writing under which we work in the SHL classroom
Art · Creative writing · Heritage language · Literacy · Pedagogy · Sociology · Transformative learning · Visual arts · Writing process · Digital Storytelling and Education · Literacy, Media, and Education · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media
Building Sense of Community at a Distance
Language, Bilingualism and Education
Critical language awareness in the heritage language classroom
Analysing Discourse
Expanding Language and Cultural Competence in Advanced Heritage- and Foreign-Language Learners through Community Engagement and Work with the Arts
Seeking Explanatory Adequacy
Heritage Language Literacy
Continuity and change
Creating and sustaining virtual language communities
Revisions in real time
What's Next
Teaching Spanish to the Native Speaker at the College Level
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |