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Critical pedagogy is an approach to education (introduced by Freire in the early 1970s and developed by Giroux and others more recently) that is mainly preoccupied with social injustice and oppression both in and out of the classroom. First, this chapter will provide a general overview of the current state of critical pedagogy applied to heritage language (HL) learning (Beaudrie and Ducar, Heritage Language Journal 2:1–19, 2005; Correa, Foreign Language Annals 44:308–320, 2011a; Foreign Language Annals 38:35–45, 2011; Martínez, Heritage Language Journal 1 [np], 2003; Potowski, Fundamentos de la enseñanza del español a hispanohablantes en los EE. UU. Madrid: Arco Libros, 2005; Con todos: Using learning communities to promote intellectual and social engagement in the Spanish curriculum. In M. Lacorte & J. Leeman (Eds.), Español en Estados Unidos y otros contextos de contacto: sociolingüística, ideología y pedagogía (pp. 369–396). Madrid: Iberoamericana Vervuert, 2009) and an in-depth analysis of critical language awareness in the HL classroom (Leeman, Foreign Language Annals 38:35–45, 2005). This will be followed by an analysis of how this approach can assist teachers develop and implement a culture-sensitive pedagogy that is not only relevant but also appropriate for the ethnic identity stage (Tse, Ethnic identity formation and its implications for heritage language development. In S. Krashen, L. Tse, & J. McQuillan (Eds.), Heritage language development (pp. 15–29). Culver City: Language Education Associates, 1998) in which HL learners find themselves at different points in their academic journey. The chapter will conclude with suggestions and guidelines for implementing a critical pedagogical component in heritage language courses, including sample materials and activities that can be tailored to the specific needs of each classroom.
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Correa, M. (2016). Critical Approaches to Heritage Language Learning: From Linguistic Survival to Resistance and Action. In: Trifonas, P., Aravossitas, T. (eds) Handbook of Research and Practice in Heritage Language Education. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-38893-9_8-1
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