Spanish programs cater to heritage language students in New Mexico

“As the Hispanic population grows in the United States, directors of Spanish as a heritage language, or SHL, programs are trying to teach students a formal version of the language, while preserving dialects.

“Whatever they have, you have to get them to build on it,” said Patricia Cano, who teaches a heritage language course at Western New Mexico State University in Silver City. “It doesn’t matter if it’s s…”

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