Martin Guardado Explained

Known For:	Heritage language socialization
Doctoral Advisor:	Patricia Duff
Alma Mater:	University of British Columbia
Workplaces:	Universidad Francisco Gavidia University of British Columbia University of Alberta
Birth Place:	El Salvador
Sub Discipline:	Sociocultural linguistics Applied linguistics Sociology of language Heritage languages

Martin Guardado (born 1962) is a Salvadoran-born Canadian sociolinguist. He is currently a professor of sociocultural linguistics and applied linguistics at the University of Alberta. His research focuses on heritage language socialization and teaching English as a second language. He is noted for his work on heritage language socialization and for recommending that heritage languages need to be studied multidimensionally as well as from macro and micro perspectives.^[1] His recent and current research respectively examines the experiences of Japanese-Canadian mothers in mixed language families in Montreal^[2] and the characteristics of mixed language parents across a number of linguistic groups in Alberta.^{[3] [4]}

Career

Guardado received his Master of Education in Teaching English as a second language in 2001 and his Doctor of Philosophy in Modern language education in 2008 from the University of British Columbia. He taught content-based English, applied linguistics, and teacher education courses at the University of British Columbia between 2001-2009 and at the University of Alberta since 2009. He is Associate Editor of the Canadian Modern Language Review.

Research

Guardado first became known in the area of heritage language socialization through his paper entitled "Loss and Maintenance of First Language Skills: Case Studies of Hispanic Families in Vancouver", published in the Canadian Modern Language Review, part of his master’s research and for which he won the CMLR Best Graduate Student Paper in 2001.^{[5] [6] [7]} His later work has made several contributions to the heritage language socialization area. He was one of the first scholars to investigate language ideology within heritage languages. He was the first scholar to make a link between heritage languages and the development of cosmopolitan identities.^[8] Another original theoretical and methodological contribution is found in his discourse-based framework for conducting heritage language research.^[9] His latest research with mixed-language families is attracting scholarly and media attention.

Bibliography

Books

• Romanowski, Piotr & Guardado, Martin. (Eds.) (2020). The many faces of multilingualism: Language status, learning and use across contexts. New York & Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.
• Guardado, Martin & Light, Justine. (2020). Curriculum development in English for academic purposes: A guide to practice. London, UK: Palgrave MacMillan.
• Guardado, Martin. (2018). Discourse, ideology and heritage language socialization: Micro and macro perspectives. New York & Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton.

Articles

• Tsushima, R., & Guardado, M. (2019). “Rules…I want someone to make them clear”: Japanese mothers in Montreal talk about multilingual parenting. Journal of Language, Identity, and Education. doi:10.1080/15348458.2019.1645017
• Mao, Y., Guardado, M., & Meyer, K. R. (2019). Podcasts and English-language learning: A qualitative investigation of organizational, instructional, and learning perspectives. International Journal of Information Communication Technology and Human Development, 31(2), 20-35.
• Guardado, M. (2018). Spanish as a minority/heritage language in Canada and the UK. In K. Potowski (Ed.), The routledge handbook of Spanish as a heritage/minority language (pp. 537-554). New York, NY: Routledge.
• Guardado, M., & Light, J. (2018). Innovation in EAP programmes: Shifting from teaching to learning in curriculum design. In L. T. Wong & W. L. Wong (Eds.), Teaching and learning English for academic purposes: Current research and practices (pp. 143-160). Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers.
• Guardado, M. (2002). Loss and maintenance of first language skills: Case studies of Hispanic families in Vancouver. The Canadian Modern Language Review/La Revue canadienne des langues vivantes, 58(3), 341-363

External links

• Martin Guardado's home page
• Martin Guardado's Google Scholar

Notes and References

1. News: Learning to speak in a multilingual home. September 17, 2019. CBC Edmonton AM with Mark Connolly, Tara McCarthy. February 23, 2020.
2. News: Mothers and mother tongues - Mobilizing family-generated knowledge for heritage language development. August 22, 2016. University News. February 23, 2020.
3. Web site: One family, three languages — Alberta prof wants to study how parents keep their heritages alive The Star. thestar.com. en. 2020-02-23.
4. Web site: Researchers explore how best for parents to pass on multiple languages to children. 2019-09-30. The Gateway. en-US. 2020-02-23.
5. 2002. Lapkin. Sharon. Lotherington. Heather. Editorial / Éditorial. Canadian Modern Language Review. 58. 3. 339–340. 10.3138/cmlr.58.3.339. 0008-4506. free.
6. Book: Ng1, Wigglesworth2, Bee Chin1, Gillian2. Bilingualism: An Advanced Resource Book. Routledge. 2007. 9780415343862. London, UK.
7. Book: De Houwer . Annick . Bilingual first language acquisition . 2009 . Multilingual Matters . Bristol . 978-1847691484.
8. Cho. Hyesun. 2014-03-04. 'It's very complicated' exploring heritage language identity with heritage language teachers in a teacher preparation program. Language and Education. en. 28. 2. 181–195. 10.1080/09500782.2013.804835. 144704181. 0950-0782.
9. Boscacci. Fausta. The discourses of heritage language development among Brazilian mothers from the New York City region. en.