• Deals with contemporary cultural and community topics with the help of engaging essays
• Provokes further thought through questions
• Includes writing activities based on the essays to help readers write in Spanish as they take a stand on an issue
• Contains a minimum of two readings in each chapter, each presenting different aspects of a particular debate on topics

About the Author

Dr. Kim Potowski is Professor of Spanish linguistics in the Department of Hispanic & Italian Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she also holds appointments in Latin American and Latino Studies, Curriculum and Instruction, and an affiliation with the Social Justice Initiative. She has directed the Spanish for heritage speakers program since 2002 and is the founding director of a heritage speaker summer study abroad program in Oaxaca, Mexico. Her research focuses on Spanish in the U.S., including factors that influence intergenerational language transmission and change, as well as connections between language and ethnic identity. Other books she has authored and edited include El espanol de los Estados Unidos (2015), Heritage language teaching: Research and practice (2014), Language diversity in the USA (2011), and Language and identity in a dual immersion school (2007), as well as the introductory Spanish textbook Dicho y hecho (2015).

Book Information
ISBN 9781118744864
Author Kim Potowski
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 666g
Dimensions(mm) 250mm * 150mm * 15mm