Building Bridges and Creating Pathways
A Mixed Methods Study of Community-engaged Learning in Foreign Language Pedagogy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9863141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lucía Osa-Melero (0000-0002-7249-1879), Vanessa Fernández (0000-0001-7992-2136), Vanessa Marie Fernández, Sandra Quiñone (0000-0002-7858-6609), Sandra Quiñones |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 357-372 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispania (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2133 • E-ISSN: 2153-6414 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/hpn.2019.0072 |
| OpenAlex | W2974438475 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 16 |
Detailing the integration of Spanish language teaching in an authentic setting, this article contributes to empirical research on the positive value of community-engaged learning in foreign language pedagogy. Reading to Play, Playing to Read is an innovative model for community-engaged teaching that combines learning goals from upper-level language and literature courses with the objectives of a non-profit organization serving the Latino community in Southwestern, Pennsylvania. This community-engaged project bridged language and literature curricula in the same department to prepare students for careers in a multicultural society. Students from both courses worked cooperatively to develop a three-week project on Mexican history for Hispanic children, ages 5 to 8, who recently immigrated to the United States. Reading to Play, Playing to Read provided the children with a safe space where they learned about Mexican literature and history, enhancing their elementary education. University students reported gains in their Spanish conversational and listening skills and changes in their future career plans geared towards Spanish-speaking populations. This article describes the project, research results, and challenges, and it discusses the implications for research and practice
Active listening · Curriculum · Foreign language · Mathematics education · Multiculturalism · Pedagogy · Political science · Reading (process) · Sociology · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Service-Learning and Community Engagement · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
College
Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety
Engaging Scholarship With Communities
Motivation in second and foreign language learning
How Service-Learning in Spanish Speaks to the Crisis in the Humanities
Construyendo Puentes (Building Bridges) Concepts and Models for Service-Learning in Spanish
A Pilot Study of Service-Learning in a Spanish Heritage Speaker Course
Language Learners as Teachers
Taking Spanish into the Community
Spanish Service-Learning Research from 1999-2003
When Service-Learning Is Not a “Border-crossing” Experience
Transforming Ways of Enhancing Foreign Language Acquisition in the Spanish Classroom
Taking Spanish Outside the Box
Meeting Student Needs
The Scholarship of Community Engagement
Attitudes, Motivation, and Second Language Learning
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |