There is growing interest in heritage language learners - individuals who have a personal or familial connection to a nonmajority language. Spanish learners represent the largest segment of this population in the United States. In this comprehensive volume, experts offer an interdisciplinary overview of research on Spanish as a heritage language in the United States. They also address the central role of education within the field. Contributors offer a wealth of resources for teachers while proposing future directions for scholarship.

Afterword by: Guadalupe Valdés
Contributions by: Susana V. Rivera-Mills, Jennifer Leeman, Glenn Martínez, Andrew Lynch, Silvina Montrul, Derrin Pinto, Ana M. Carvalho, Cynthia M. Ducar, Kim Potowski, Sara M. Beaudrie, Maria M. Carreira, M. Cecilia Colombi, Joseph Harrington, Marta Fairclough, Sara M. Beaudrie, Marta Fairclough