Challenges and benefits of heritage languages in the home, a family language policy perspective....

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  • Título: Challenges and benefits of heritage languages in the home, a family language policy perspective. Three case studies of Spanish speaker’s families in New Zealand = Retos y beneficios de la lengua de herencia en casa. El caso de tres familias de habla hispana en Nueva Zealand: una política del lenguaje familiar en perspectiva
  • Autor: Ceron Becerra, Lizeth Andrea
  • Publicación original: 2018
  • Descripción física: PDF
  • Nota general:
    • Nueva Zelanda
  • Notas de reproducción original: Digitalización realizada por la Biblioteca Virtual del Banco de la República (Colombia)
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    • Resumen: Abstract: This study shows that parental beliefs, management and practices are not the only considerations. Societal influences determine parental language practices and management, which in turn delimits their children’s linguistic development. The decision that parents take perpetuate children’s linguistic development, however, in reality societal influences are determining parental language practices and management. The external and internal relationships permeate parents’ language decisions whereby subtle intergenerational heritage language loss takes place. Therefore, the struggle in maintaining their heritage language in the home domain has become a challenge for the parents. This study uncovers plentiful evidence that the language experiences of the three Latino-English families are challenging. Families consistently stated that it is an intensive responsibility raising their children bilingually in New Zealand. Despite there being a high awareness of the value of Spanish as an international language, and a number of cultural events where Latino-hispanic culture is evident, there is relatively insufficient peripheral support. It is evident in this study that in order to support families in their attempt to raise their children as bilingual there should be an integrated and encompassed socio-educational support. Otherwise, as it was found in this research, external influences will continue affecting migrant children's heritage language learning. Overall, the following list summarizes the challenges that families face in the attempt to raise their children as bilinguals. Only one parent speaks the language. As it was embedded in this research that the macro, meso and micro level influences the family language practices. For the macro: Lack of governmental support and a solid language policy for minority languages in New Zealand. Meso: Societal challenges/influences, lack of community support, lack of school language integration, lack of cultural and language appreciation at school. Micro: Lack of time to teach/translate the language to their spouses. Lack of commitment to speak the language from both parents, due to the lack of school and community language integration there is child's resistant attitudes to learn the language.
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  • Forma/género: tesis
  • Idioma: castellano
  • Institución origen: Biblioteca Virtual del Banco de la República
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