378
Views
2
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

Studying abroad in Mexico with Mexican ancestry: Desiring to be ‘one of ours’

ORCID Icon, ORCID Icon & ORCID Icon
Pages 182-195 | Received 18 Aug 2020, Accepted 31 Dec 2020, Published online: 17 Jan 2021

References

  • Ahmed, S. 2010. The Promise of Happiness. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. doi:10.1215/9780822392781.
  • Author. 2019.
  • Braun, V., and V. Clarke. 2020. “One Size Fits All? What Counts as Quality Practice in (Reflexive) Thematic Analysis?” Qualitative Research in Psychology. Advance Online Publication. doi:10.1080/14780887.2020.1769238
  • Burgo, C. 2018. “The Impacts of Study Abroad on Spanish Heritage Language Learners.” Journal of Latinos and Education 19 (3): 304–312. doi:10.1080/15348431.2018.1518139.
  • Byrd Clark, J., and F. Dervin, eds. 2014. Reflexivity in Language and Intercultural Education. New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315879604.
  • Castro, L. 2018. “Marching Toward Assimilation? The 2006 Immigrant Rights Marches and the Attitudes of Mexican Immigrants About Assimilation.” Social Problems 65: 75–95. doi:10.1093/socpro/spw051.
  • Chang, A. 2017. “‘Call me a Little Critical if you Will’: Counterstories of Latinas Studying Abroad in Guatemala.” Journal of Hispanic Higher Education 16 (1): 3–23. doi:10.1177/1538192715614900.
  • Chowdhury, R., and L. H. Phan. 2014. Desiring TESOL and International Education: Market Abuse and Exploitation. Buffalo, New York: Multilingual Matters. doi:10.21832/9781783091492.
  • Darvin, R., and B. Norton. 2015. “Identity and a Model of Investment in Applied Linguistics.” Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 35 (2): 36–56. doi:10.1017/s0267190514000191.
  • De Costa, P. I. 2016. “Scaling Emotions and Identification: Insights from a Scholarship Student.” Linguistics and Education 34: 22–32. doi:10.1016/j.linged.2015.08.004.
  • Dervin, Fred. 2010. “Assessing Intercultural Competence in Language Learning and Teaching: A Critical Review of the Current Efforts.” New Approaches to Assessment in Higher Education 5: 155–172. doi:10.1002/9781118482070.ch8.
  • Dervin, F. 2011. “A Plea for Change in Research on Intercultural Discourses: A ‘Liquid’ Approach to the Study of the Acculturation of Chinese Students.” Journal of Multicultural Discourses 6 (1): 37–52. doi:10.1080/17447143.2010.532218.
  • Dervin, F., and K. Risager, eds. 2014. Researching Identity and Interculturality. London: Routledge.
  • Ferreira Barcelos, A. M. 2015. “Unveiling the Relationship between Language Learning Beliefs, Emotions, and Identities.” Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 5 (2): 301–325. doi:10.14746/ssllt.2015.5.2.6.
  • George, A., and A. Hoffman-González. 2019. “Dialect and Identity: US Heritage Language Learners of Spanish Abroad.” Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 4 (2): 252–279. doi:10.1075/sar.17013.geo.
  • Goldoni, F. 2017. “Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Identity: Implications for Study Abroad.” Journal of Language, Identity and Education 16 (5): 328–341. doi:10.1080/15348458.2017.1350922.
  • Gonzalez, L. M., G. L. Stein, and N. Huq. 2012. “The Influence of Cultural Identity and Perceived Barriers on College-Going Beliefs and Aspirations of Latino Youth in Emerging Immigrant Communities.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 35 (1): 103–120. doi:10.1177/0739986312463002.
  • Holliday, A. 2010. “Complexity in Cultural Identity.” Language and Intercultural Communication 10 (2): 165–177. doi:10.4324/9780203492635.
  • Holliday, A. 2016. “Studying Culture.” In Research Methods in Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide, edited by Z. Hua, 23–36. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781119166283.
  • Holliday, A., and M. N. MacDonald. 2019. “Researching the Intercultural: Intersubjectivity and the Problem with Postpositivism.” Applied Linguistics. Advance online publication. doi:10.1093/applin/amz006
  • Irizarry, J. G. 2015. “What Latino Students Want from School.” Educational Leadership 72 (6): 66–71.
  • Isabelli-Garcia, C., J. Brown, J. L. Plews, and D. P. Dewey. 2018. “Language Learning and Study Abroad.” Language Teaching 51 (4): 139–484. doi:10.1017/s026144481800023x.
  • Iturbide, M., M. Raffaelli, and G. Carlo. 2009. “Protective Effects of Ethnic Identity on Mexican American College Students’ Psychological Well-Being.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 31 (4): 536–552. doi:10.1177/0739986309345992.
  • Jackson, J. 2016. “‘Breathing the Smells of Native-Styled English’: A Narrativized Account of an L2 Sojourn.” Language and Intercultural Communication 16 (3): 332–348. doi:10.1080/14708477.2016.1168047.
  • Jimenéz, T. R. 2008. “Mexican Immigrant Replenishment and the Continuing Significance of Ethnicity and Race.” American Journal of Sociology 113 (6): 1527–1567. doi:10.1086/587151.
  • Kim, E., I. Hogge, and C. Salvisberg. 2014. “Effects of Self-Esteem and Ethnic Identity-Acculturative Stress and Psychological Well-Being among Mexican Immigrants.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 36 (2): 144–163. doi:10.1177/0739986314527733.
  • Kinginger, C. 2013. “Identity and Language Learning in Study Abroad.” Foreign Language Annals 46 (3): 339–358. doi:10.1111/flan.v46.3.
  • Kubota, R. 2011. “Learning a Foreign Language as Leisure and Consumption: Enjoyment, Desire, and the Business of Eikaiwa.” International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 14 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1080/13670050.2011.573069.
  • Kubota, R. 2016. “The Social Imaginary of Study Abroad: Complexities and Contradictions.” The Language Learning Journal 44 (3): 347–357. doi:10.1080/09571736.2016.1198098.
  • Lin, A. M. Y., and S. Motha. 2021. “‘Curses in TESOL”: Postcolonial desires for colonial English.” In Rethinking Languages Education: Directions, Challenges and Innovations, edited by R. Arber, M. Weinmann, and J. Blackmore, 15–35. New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Maciel, J., and C. Knudson-Martin. 2014. “Don’t End Up in the Fields: Identity Construction among Mexican Adolescent Immigrants, their Parents, and Socio-Contextual Processes.” Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 40 (4): 484–497. doi:10.1111/jmft.12044.
  • McLaughlin, T. R. 2001. Perspectives on Learning Spanish as a Heritage Language in Mexico: Four Chicana Case Studies. [Unpublished Masters Thesis]. Universidad de las Américas, Puebla.
  • Mendez, J., Bauman, S., & Guillory, R. (2012). Bullying of Mexican Immigrant Students by Mexican American Students: An Examination of Intra-Cultural Bullying. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 34(2), 279– 304. doi:10.1177/0739986311435970
  • Montgomery, Z., S. Montgomery, A. Birtwistle, E. Silbernagel, and Y. Ayesiga. 2018. “‘You’re Not Latino, You’re American’: Heritage Learners of Spanish Navigate Issues of Cultural Identity in Higher Education.” College Student Affairs Journal 36 (1): 17–31. doi:10.1353/csj.2018.0001.
  • Moreno, K. H. 2009. The Study Abroad Experiences of Heritage Language Learners: Discourses of Identity. [Unpublished doctoral dissertation]. University of Texas, Austin.
  • Motha, S., and A. M. Y. Lin. 2014. “‘Non-Coercive Rearrangements’: Theorizing Desire in TESOL.” TESOL Quarterly 48 (2): 331–359. doi:10.1002/tesq.126.
  • Nieri, T., and M. Bermudez-Parsai. 2014. “Gap or Overlap? Parent-Child Acculturation Differences in Mexican Immigrant Families.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 36 (4): 413–434. doi:10.1177/0739986314552047.
  • Pavlenko, A. 2013. “The Affective Turn in SLA: From ‘Affective Factors’ to ‘Language Desire’ and ‘Commodification of Affect’.” In The Affective Dimension in Second Language Acquisition, edited by D. Gabryś-Barker, and J. Bielska, 3–28. Tonawanda, NY: Multilingual Matters. doi:10.21832/9781847699695.
  • Petrie, G. M. 2020. “Exploring Stakeholders’ Language Desires in English for Tourism: An Argument for Uniqueness.” In Teaching English for Tourism: Bridging Research and Praxis, edited by M. J. Ennis and G. M. Petrie, 41–67. London: Routledge.
  • Petrie, G. M., and Darragh J. J. 2018. “Desiring English in Southwestern Nicaragua.” Curriculum Inquiry 48 (4). doi:10.1080/03626784.2018.1518114.
  • Piller, I. 2002. Bilingual Couples Talk: The Discursive Construction of Hybridity. (Studies in Bilingualism; Vol. 25). Philadelphia: John Benjamins.
  • Piller, I., and K. Takahashi. 2006. “A Passion for English: Desire and the Language Market.” In Languages and Emotions of Multilingual Speakers, edited by A. Pavelenko, 59–83. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters. doi:10.21832/9781853598746-005.
  • Quan, T. 2018. “Language Learning While Negotiating Race and Ethnicity Abroad.” Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad 30 (2): 32–46. https://frontiersjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Quan-XXX-2-Language-Learning-while-Negotiating-Race.pdf https://doi.org/10.36366/frontiers.v30i2.410.
  • Quan, T., R. Pozzi, S. Kehoe, and J. Menard-Warwic. 2018. “Spanish Heritage Language Learners in Study Abroad Across Three National Contexts.” In The Routledge Handbook of Study Abroad Research and Practice, edited by C. Sanz, and A. Morales-Front, 437–451. New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315639970.
  • Riegelhaupt, F., and R. C. Carrasco. 1991, October 31. “Meta: Un modelo holístico de la adquisición continua del español de los Hispanos en los Estados Unidos.” Paper presented at the Mexico-US Border Symposium: On the Edge. Chihuahua, Mexico.
  • Riegelhaupt, F., and R. C. Carrasco. 2000. “Mexico Host Family Reactions to a Bilingual Chicana Teacher in Mexico: A Case Study of Language and Culture Clash.” Bilingual Research Journal 24: 333–349. doi:10.1080/15235882.2000.10162775.
  • Sharma, B. K. 2020. “Retelling the Stories of Desire in TESOL: English, Imagination and Encounters in Tourism.” TESOL Quarterly. doi:10.1002/tesq.574.
  • Shively, R. 2016a. “Motivations, Identity Work, and Language Development.” In Advances in Spanish as a Heritage Language, edited by D. Pascual y Cabo, 259–280. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi:10.1075/sibil.49.14shi.
  • Shively, R. 2016b. “Spanish Heritage Speakers Studying Abroad.” In The Routledge Handbook of Spanish as a Heritage Language, edited by K. Potowski, 403–419. New York: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315735139-26.
  • Spears Brown, C., and H. Chu. 2012. “Discrimination, Ethnic Identity, and Academic Outcomes of Mexican Immigrant Children: The Importance of School Context.” Child Development 83 (5): 1477–1485. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01786.x.
  • Taguchi, N. 2018. “Contexts and Pragmatics Learning: Problems and Opportunities of the Study Abroad Research.” Language Teaching 51 (1): 124–137. doi:10.1017/s0261444815000440.
  • Telzer, E., and H. Vazquez Garcia. 2009. “Skin Color and Self-Perceptions of Immigrant and US-Born Latinas: The Moderating Role of Racial Socialization and Ethnic Identity.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 31 (3): 357–374. doi:10.1177/0739986309336913.
  • Twombly, S. B., M. H. Salisbury, S. D. Tumanut, and P. Klute. 2012. “Study Abroad in a New Global Century: Renewing the Promise, Refining the Purpose.” ASHE Higher Education Report 38 (4): 1–152. doi:10.1002/aehe.20004.
  • Umaña-Taylor, A. J., and K. A. Updegraff. 2007. “Latino Adolescents’ Mental Health: Exploring the Interrelations among Discrimination, Ethnic Identity, Cultural Orientation, Self-Esteem, and Depressive Symptoms.” Journal of Adolescence 30: 549–567. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.08.002.
  • Umaña-Taylor, A. J., J. J. Wong, N. A. Gonzales, and L. E. Dumka. 2012. “Ethnic Identity and Gender Moderators of the Association between Discrimination and Academic Adjustment among Mexican-Origin Adolescents.” Journal of Adolescence 35 (4): 773–786. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.11.003.
  • Williams, J., S. Aiyer, M. Durkee, and P. Tolan. 2014. ‘The Protective Role of Ethnic Identity for Urban Adolescent Males Facing Multiple Stressors.’ Journal of Youth & Adolescence 43 (10): 1728–1741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-0071-x.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.