Linguistic Interactions of Spanish Speaking Mexican American Families

<p>This study explored the bilingual linguistic interactions in Mexican families and their impact on children’s language and literacy development. This qualitative study gathered data using different methods, namely, interviews, direct observations, participant observation, and physical artifacts to examine parents’ perceptions of their own educational path in comparison to their children’s educational path in an American school system, together with their daily linguistic interactions in various social contexts, and the features, themes and roles of linguistic interactions participants. Study results assisted in gaining deeper understanding of daily conversations happening in different social contexts and their impact on the language and literacy of children of the participating families. Implications are provided for researchers, classroom teachers, bilingual teachers, professional developers, and community agencies serving Latinx communities in the construction of curriculum and deepening their understandings of Latinx families. Additionally, implications for Latinx families’ understanding of their own parenting are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ed.D. Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation - Public Access

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Reading and Language

Year dc:date.available

2018

Author dc:creator

• Garcia, Adelfio J

Contributors dc:contributor

• Sophie Degener
• Terry Jo Smith
• Donna Ogle

• Funds of Knowledge
• culture
• Latinx
• Code Switching
• Mexican
• Linguistic Interactions
• Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Curriculum and Social Inquiry
• Early Childhood Education
• Elementary Education
• Language and Literacy Education
• Other Teacher Education and Professional Development
• Pre-Elementary, Early Childhood, Kindergarten Teacher Education
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
• Special Education and Teaching

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.nl.edu/diss/313

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.nl.edu:diss-1326