Reclaiming Spanish: Learning a language you grew up hearing

12/01/2024 36 min Temporada 1 Episodio 5

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Episode Synopsis

What does a language mean to a culture? In this episode, we learn about why it can be difficult to keep heritage languages like Spanish alive in the U.S. and how programs like the Spanish Heritage Language program at UNM can help students reclaim their cultural identity.
Learn more about Spanish as a Heritage Language program.
Learn more about Damián Vergara Wilson.
Learn more about ⁠Liliana Alva Regalado.⁠
Read New Mexico is Losing a Form of Spanish Spoken Nowhere Else on Earth from The New York Times.
information about languages spoken at home as reported in the U.S. Census.

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