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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Family -- Language."”.
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Lithuanian emigrant family: language and identity. Summary of doctoral dissertation /
When two languages collide in the context of emigration, the heritage language is in danger of extinction because the two languages are different in size, power, vitality, and prestige. The main aims of this dissertation are to investigate specific factors that help to maintain the Lithuanian …
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Family Language Labels: Effect on Children Living With Non-Parental Caregivers
… to support diversity and use inclusive language. Additional research shows that when children’s experiences are not acknowledged in discourse, they can be silenced.</p> <p>If language theories, usually applied to ethnicity and gender, can be extrapolated to include children with …
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Family language practices of Kazakh immigrant families in the United States
Guided by the theoretical framework of family language policy, this project aims explore Kazakh immigrants’ family language ideologies, managements, and practices in the United States. Using the semi-structured interview approach, data were collected from three Kazakh immigrant families in Southern …
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Toward a theory of positive psychology in supporting child-centred family language policy
… psychology in the design of child-centred family language policy (FLP) to support home language maintenance in transnational bilingual families with young children learning two or more languages simultaneously at home. This study aims to understand and describe how FLP is co�constructed by …
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INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF SINGAPORE'S LANGUAGE POLICIES ON FAMILY LANGUAGE POLICY AMONG TAMIL-INDIAN PARENTS IN SINGAPORE
Language planning in the multilingual city-state of Singapore has been characterized by a complex set of campaigns and policies aimed at maximizing economic competitiveness and increasing national cohesion, while simultaneously preserving the country’s ethnic heritage and multicultural identity. …
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Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance and Identity Construction: Investigation of the Family Language Policy of Chinese Immigrant Families in New Zealand
… study attempts to shed light on Chinese heritage language (CHL) maintenance and identity construction in Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand by investigating the implementation of family language policy (FLP) and the sequential outcomes of CHL competency. Accordingly, it provides valuable …
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Family language policy and practice as parental mediation of habitus, capital and field: an ethnographic case-study of migrant families in England
… families living in England establish their family language policy and practice. It is set within a context of increased levels of transnational migration and globalisation (OECD, 2015). The number of migrant families in which parents have different language backgrounds is increasing on a …
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From Foreign Language Learning to Second Language Acquisition. The Use of Television in the Early Acquisition of a Second Language in Additive Contexts. Towards an Understanding of the Sociolinguistic, Political and Educational Factors Involved in the Development and Implementation of a Lifestyle Diglossia.
… designed to throw some light on the nature of family language policy in relation to the use of television for children's acquisition of a foreign language in an additive context. The research was planned with three objectives in mind. First, to confirm the author’s personal perception, drawn …
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“They know exactly with whom to speak German and with whom English”: Grade-R children's language and literacy practices in the context of the linguistic and literacy repertoires and ideologies of four Cape Town bilingual families with German as a heritage language
South Africa is a country of 11 official languages, with a majority of the population speaking at least two languages. Bilingual/multilingual upbringing is the reality of most South African children, and the transfer and maintenance of heritage languages is an important topic in the field of …
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Cross-Domain and Cross-Language Porting of Shallow Parsing
… was the main focus of attention of the Natural Language Processing (NLP) community for years. As a result, there are significantly more annotated linguistic resources in English than in any other language. Consequently, data-driven tools for automatic text or speech processing are developed …
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Breathing Coloniality: An ethnographic case study of language and literacy ideologies and colonial power relations in the positioning and development of 1st generation black children's learning experiences in and outside school contexts
… study was inspired by the under theorization of language shifts and the impact that coloniality and language and literacy ideologies have among first generation black children's attending English medium schools positioning and family language planning. I draw on the theoretical framework of …
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Stop production in Spanish-English bilingual children
… in English. Because previous child bilingual language acquisition studies on these sounds have provided dissonant findings (e.g., Macken & Barton, 1978, 1980; Fabiano-Smith et al., 2015), this thesis investigates the phonetic productions of one child who has been exposed to Spanish and English …
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Language socialization in Canadian Hispanic communities : ideologies and practices
… highlighted the importance of supporting home languages for linguistic-minority families in multilingual settings, as the family language is the means through which they can more successfully socialize their children into the beliefs, values, ideologies and practices surrounding their languages …
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The language socialisation experiences of a grade r child in a black middle-class multilingual family
South Africa (SA) is home to 11 official named languages; its Language in Education Policy (LIEP) identifies multilingualism as one of the defining characteristics of its citizenry (DOE, 1997). Moreover, English is the official Language of Learning and Teaching (LOLT) in most ex-Model C schools …
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Exploring the positioning of multilingual Kaaps and Cape Flats English-speaking university students' linguistic choices and identities
“English is the language of the colonisers, but Afrikaaps is the language of my ancestors” -Teddy. Language ideologies have played a significant role in marginalising speakers of racialised languages within society. The dominance of standardised colonial languages has led to the suppression of …
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Lietuvių emigrantų šeima: kalba ir tapatybė /
When two languages collide in the context of emigration, the heritage language is in danger of extinction because the two languages are different in size, power, vitality, and prestige. The main aims of this dissertation are to investigate specific factors that help to maintain the Lithuanian …
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Aquisição do vocabulário e manutenção do português língua de herança por meio de leitura
A prática da leitura é fundamental para a construção do repertório lexical e para o desenvolvimento da expressão oral e escrita (Sim-Sim, 2018; Montag, Jones e Smith, 2015; Farrant e Zubrick, 2012). Quando adotado dentro de uma Política de Língua Familiar (PLF) consistente e associado a práticas …
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The Effect of Parent English Literacy Training on Student Achievement.
… of 2001 (NCLB), framers of the legislation chose language that appeared inclusive of all students in U.S. schools. The law demands that English language learners take the mandated exams early in their academic careers in the United States even though research indicates most will fail due to lack …
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Pretty Weeds
… of poetry centers around the themes of family, love, relationships, death and an exploration of the poet's faith. Split into three parts, the poet delves into different themes in each. In the first part, the poet centers the reader in their perspective, providing poems concerning the …
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