Using the Literary Text to Engage Language Learners in a Multilingual Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8937085 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julia Aguilar Stewart (Eastern University, corresponding author), Karen A Santiago (Eastern University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 683-696 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Language Annals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-718X • E-ISSN: 1944-9720 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2006.tb02283.x |
| OpenAlex | W2015967751 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
This article discusses the use of Esmeralda Santiagok autobiography When I Was Puerto Rican (1994b) as the foundation for an experiential learning project that brought together two language communities: suburban college students studying intermediate Spanish and urban Puerto Rican students in an English-as-a-sec-ond-language (ESL) class. The researchers relate how the respective classes analyzed the text and its cultural framework in preparation for a cross-cultural encounter when both groups of students discussed their reaction to Santiago's stovy. This case study is offered as an example of how to use a literary text to achieve the objectives outlined in the Standards for Foreign Language Learning, standard 5: communities
Class (philosophy · Ethnology · Experiential learning · Foreign language · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Puerto rican · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |