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- Title
Standards, Commodification, and Critical Service Learning in Minority Language Communities.
- Authors
LEEMAN, JENNIFER
- Abstract
The article analyzes the standards and ideological and material impact of community-based service learning programs for minority language students. The author outlines the five content standards of programs including "Communication," "Cultures," and "Communities." The author argues that the Communities standard cannot be met solely within the classroom, as it requires evidence of so-called real world language practice, creating the need for service learning programs. It is also noted that service learning programs for minority language communities are linked to the administrative goal of meeting national standards for language skills. The author also explores the Medical Spanish for Heritage Learners project at the University of Texas-Pan American.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SERVICES for linguistic minorities; COMMUNITY organization; SOCIOLINGUISTICS; LIMITED English-proficient students; EDUCATION of minorities; SERVICE learning; ENGLISH as a foreign language; UNIVERSITY of Texas-Pan American; LANGUAGE arts; LANGUAGE arts teachers; EDUCATIONAL tests &; measurements
- Publication
Modern Language Journal, 2011, Vol 95, Issue 2, p300
- ISSN
0026-7902
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-4781.2011.01184.x