Maria M. Carreira

List of John Benjamins publications for which Maria M. Carreira plays a role.

Articles

Carreira, Maria M. 2016 A general framework and supporting strategies for teaching mixed classesAdvances in Spanish as a Heritage Language, Pascual y Cabo, Diego (ed.), pp. 159–176 | Article
Many heritage language (HL) learners study their home language in the context of mixed classes, i.e. classes with second language learners and heritage language learners. Yet, most of the literature on HL teaching has focused on HL classes, to the neglect of mixed classes (Carreira, 2014).… read more
Carreira, Maria M. 2007 4. Teaching Spanish in the U.S.: Beyond the one-size-fits-all paradigmSpanish in Contact: Policy, Social and Linguistic Inquiries, Potowski, Kim and Richard Cameron (eds.), pp. 61–79 | Article
Current approaches to foreign language teaching can be characterized as one-size-fits-all. This is true in the sense that within a given class or instructional level, uniform learning objectives, activities, pacing, and assessment tools are in place for all students. Such approach is not well… read more