Dr. Iñigo Yanguas

Iñigo Yanguas, PhD (Georgetown University, 2007). Dr. Yanguas is an applied linguist specializing in Spanish as a second language and Spanish in the U.S. His main areas of interest include instructed second language acquisition (SLA), Spanish as a heritage language in the U.S. and the use of technology in the foreign language classroom. He is presently researching the motivations of Hispanic heritage speakers to improve their Spanish in college using SLA theory and methodology. He is, therefore, investigating the possible applications that the field of SLA can have in the newer field of Spanish as a heritage language in the U.S.