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Education, identity, and multilingualism among Spanish heritage speakers in Sweden: [Educación, identidad y multilingüismo en hablantes de herencia de español en Suecia]
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Romance Studies and Classics.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6125-4755
2026 (English)In: Journal of Spanish Language Teaching, ISSN 2324-7797, E-ISSN 2324-7800Article in journal (Refereed) Epub ahead of print
Abstract [en]

This article explores the status of Spanish as a heritage language in Sweden, a Scandinavian society with diverse multilingual communities. We offer a systematic literature review, focusing on both empirical studies and educational policies related to multilingualism and Spanish heritage language speakers (SHSs). The selected studies cover such areas as identity and socio-affective factors in educational contexts as well as aspects of SHSs’ linguistic systems. By synthesizing available research and policy frameworks, this work combines descriptive analysis with instructional implications to provide a critical overview of the educational and sociolinguistic dynamics shaping multilingual SHSs experiences in Sweden. Key challenges such as the mixed classroom are discussed in considering current and future educational opportunities for SHSs in Sweden.

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Este artículo explora la situación del español como lengua de herencia en Suecia, una sociedad escandinava con diversas comunidades multilingües. Ofrecemos una revisión sistemática de la literatura, centrándonos tanto en los estudios empíricos como en las políticas educativas relacionadas con el multilingüismo y los hablantes de español como lengua de herencia (ELH). Los estudios seleccionados abarcan áreas como la identidad y los factores socioafectivos en contextos educativos, así como aspectos de los sistemas lingüísticos de los hablantes ELH. Al sintetizar la investigación disponible y los marcos políticos, este trabajo combina el análisis descriptivo con implicaciones para la instrucción. Con la finalidad de contribuir al entendimiento de los desafíos, este trabajo presenta un resumen crítico de la dinámica educativa y sociolingüística que da forma a las experiencias multilingües de los mismos en Suecia. Retos como el de las aulas mixtas se debaten al considerar las oportunidades educativas actuales y futuras para los estudiantes ELH en Suecia.

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2026.
Keywords [en]
Spanish as a heritage language, bi/multilingualism, migration, educational policy, acculturation, linguistic identity, Sweden
Keywords [es]
español como lengua de herencia; multilingüismo; migración; políticas educativas; aculturación; identidad lingüística; Suecia
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Studies of Specific Languages
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Spanish; General Linguistics; Education in Languages and Language Development
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-256204DOI: 10.1080/23247797.2026.2651450Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105035801154OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-256204DiVA, id: diva2:2065817
Available from: 2026-06-04 Created: 2026-06-04 Last updated: 2026-06-09

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