Kelly Lowther Pereira

List of John Benjamins publications in which Kelly Lowther Pereira is involved.

Title

Community Service-Learning for Spanish Heritage Learners: Making connections and building identities

Kelly Lowther Pereira

This book proposes community service-learning as a critical pedagogy that connects learners and communities to address key challenges in heritage language education. The book’s purpose is two-fold: to fill a crucial gap in empirical research on community service-learning in the heritage language… read more

[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 18] 2018. x, 248 pp.

Article

Pereira, Kelly Lowther 2016 New directions in heritage language pedagogy: Community service-learning for Spanish heritage speakers Advances in Spanish as a Heritage Language, Pascual y Cabo, Diego (ed.), pp. 237–258 | Article

This chapter discusses how community service-learning (CSL) meets specific pedagogical challenges in Spanish heritage language (SHL) education. The integration of community service with academic instruction enhances student academic and civic learning and simultaneously strengthens communities.… read more