Paper 1010
Maintaining Spanish Proficiency in the United States: The Influence of English on the Spanish Writing of Native Spanish Speakers in Two-Way Immersion Programs
Raquel Serrano and Elizabeth R. Howard
77-88 (complete paper or proceedings contents)
Raquel Serrano and Elizabeth R. Howard
77-88 (complete paper or proceedings contents)
Abstract
This study explores the English influence on the Spanish writing of native Spanish-speaking fifth-graders in two-way immersion programs in the United States. The writing samples of 55 native Spanish speakers enrolled in three different Spanish-dominant two-way immersion programs is analyzed and discussed. Using a coding scheme developed for this study, the authors investigate the ways in which English influences these students' narratives in terms of mechanics, lexicon and grammar.
Published in
Selected Proceedings of the First Workshop on Spanish Sociolinguistics
edited by Lotfi Sayahi
Table of contents
edited by Lotfi Sayahi
Table of contents