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Promoting Foreign Language Study: Reaching Out to Native Speakers
Author(s) -
Samaniego Fabián A.,
McElroy Mary
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1978.tb00006.x
Subject(s) - puerto rican , foreign language , mexican americans , value (mathematics) , first language , psychology , population , pedagogy , sociology , political science , linguistics , ethnology , ethnic group , demography , anthropology , philosophy , machine learning , computer science
As the number of required courses in schools diminishes, non‐collegebound Mexican‐American, Puerto Rican, or Cuban‐American students frequently fail to see the value of enrolling in Spanish courses. This article examines how, through the development of appropriate promotional material focused on the specific goals and needs of native speakers, this problem was faced by the foreign language department at a public high school with a 40% Mexican‐American student population.