“For my daughter is not the same, for sure”: learners’ and parents’ attitudes towards home language maintenance and development
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DOI: 10.1080/01434632.2024.2406358
Abstract: ABSTRACT Heritage languages (HL) require special pedagogical resources, and from a sociolinguistic perspective, their status may vary, influencing learners’ and educators’ attitudes. In the case of Portuguese as an HL (PHL) in the German educational… read more here.
Keywords: home; language maintenance; language; development ... See more keywords
Language policy and planning for heritage language maintenance: a scoping review
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DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2024.2341203
Abstract: ABSTRACT The study of language maintenance and shift (LMS) has attracted a large body of empirical work in language policy and planning (LPP) contexts, including allochthonous (immigrant) and autochthonous (indigenous) languages. However, some critical ontological… read more here.
Keywords: language policy; language; heritage language; language maintenance ... See more keywords
Heritage language maintenance and identity among the second-generation Chinese-Australian children
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DOI: 10.1080/15235882.2021.1890650
Abstract: ABSTRACT This study investigates the links between the second-generation Chinese Australians’ heritage language proficiency and perceptions of Chinese identity. Thirty 10–11-year-old children of Chinese immigrants took a Chinese proficiency test and participated in semi-structured interviews.… read more here.
Keywords: language maintenance; language; second generation; identity ... See more keywords
Primary and secondary factors in language maintenance in a medium-sized community language: Catalan in Spain
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DOI: 10.1177/1367006917745697
Abstract: Aims and objectives: The main aim of this study is to find out which social and ideological factors determine the maintenance of Catalan language in public contexts, and particularly the relative weight each factor contributes… read more here.
Keywords: catalan; use; factors language; language maintenance ... See more keywords
Language attitudes of young Romanians in Catalonia (Spain): The role of heritage language maintenance programs
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DOI: 10.1515/multi-2018-0069
Abstract: Abstract This article presents a mixed method analysis of the language attitudes held by secondary education students of Romanian origin, which are members of the second largest immigrant population living currently in Catalonia. The relevance… read more here.
Keywords: language attitudes; maintenance programs; language maintenance; language ... See more keywords
An Indonesian family’s strategies and practices for maintaining a child’s Japanese in their home country
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DOI: 10.17509/ijal.v14i3.74742
Abstract: Previous studies on bilingual education have primarily focused on maintaining the heritage language. However, second language maintenance for children in a family setting remains relatively underexplored. Placing her daughter’s experiences in dialogue with her own… read more here.
Keywords: family; home; language maintenance; home country ... See more keywords