CULTURAL LINGUISTICS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. APPLYING RESEARCH ON LINGUISTIC STEREOTYPES TO THE DESCRIPTION OF HERITAGE SPEAKERS IN THE USA Cover Image

LINGWISTYKA KULTUROWA W SŁUŻBIE GLOTTODYDAKTYKI – ZASTOSOWANIE BADAŃ STEREOTYPÓW JĘZYKOWYCH DO OPISU UŻYTKOWNIKÓW JĘZYKÓW DZIEDZICZONYCH W USA
CULTURAL LINGUISTICS IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. APPLYING RESEARCH ON LINGUISTIC STEREOTYPES TO THE DESCRIPTION OF HERITAGE SPEAKERS IN THE USA

Author(s): Iwona Dembowska-Wosik
Subject(s): Education, Foreign languages learning, Applied Linguistics, Western Slavic Languages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: heritage language; linguistic stereotype; the Polish language in the USA;

Summary/Abstract: The author discusses a way to apply the notion of the linguistic stereotype in foreign language teaching. In attempt to supplement the existing definitions, she researches the linguistic stereotype of the heritage speaker of Polish among American students. She presents a list of features of a stereotypical heritage speaker of Polish. The list will serve as the basis for a closed questionnaire and further research.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 45-54
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish