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Sign Language as “Mother Tongue Orphan”: A Challenge to Raciolinguistic Multiculturalism in Singapore

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the contested status of “sign language” in Singapore by exploring deaf people's experiences of the “Mother Tongues”—the state's designation for the official languages of Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil—with a particular focus on the relationships that deaf Chinese Singaporeans have with Mandarin.
Timothy Y. Loh
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Heritage languages at the crossroads: cultural contexts, individual differences, and methodologies. [PDF]

Front Psychol
van Osch B, Tiryakiol S, Kolb N, Luque A, Rothman J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

This Language Is Mine: US College Students Navigating Contradictions of “Mother Tongue” and Heritage Language

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this essay, I draw on both autoethnography and ethnographic research among college students studying their Heritage Language (HL)—or Heritage Language Learners (HLLs)—at a US university. I explore the felt contradictions and tensions that get voiced when attempting to navigate the uneasy relationship between two terms: “mother tongue” and ...
Arnaaz Khwaja
wiley   +1 more source

Family language policy and heritage language transmission in Pakistan-the intersection of family dynamics, ethnic identity and cultural practices on language proficiency and maintenance. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Fatima S, Nadeem MU.
europepmc   +1 more source

Acknowledging need: action plan in response to the Welsh Language Board's survey of Welsh medium and bilingual provision for pupils with special educational needs in Wales [PDF]

, 2006

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Health‐related quality of life of children with strabismus

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose The agreement between children with strabismus and their parents on the health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) of the child is unknown. Additionally, it is unknown if physical traits pre‐dispose to a better outcome in HRQOL after strabismus surgery in children.
Lena Boulakh, Jonas L. Isaksen, Christina Ellervik, Jørgen K. Kanters, Helena Buch Hesgaard, Lisbeth Sandfeldt   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Hospitalisation Experience and Distress Among Jewish and Bedouin Parents of Hospitalised Children in Israel

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim This study tested the relationship between the hospitalisation experience and distress among Jewish and Bedouin parents of hospitalised children in the south of Israel. Methods An anonymous self‐reported questionnaire containing the Distress Thermometer for Parents and the Parental Perceptions of Hospital Care in Children was completed by ...
Elena Gelman, Ayalet Noham, Ilana Livshiz‐Riven   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Diglossia on Executive Functions and on Reading in Arabic. [PDF]

Brain Sci
Ibrahim R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Construction of a Bilingual Dictionary Intermediated by a Third Language

, 1994
Kumiko Tanaka‐Ishii, Kyoji Umemura
openalex   +2 more sources

Small Wins for Small Babies: Celebrating Weekly Successes Helps Parents Cope With the NICU Hospitalisation

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To describe the implementation and evaluation of an intervention to celebrate babies' weekly achievements in the neonatal unit (prolonged hospitalisations) and examine parental perspectives. Methods In a feasibility study, 92 parents reported the lack of optimism in the NICU, that clinicians often focused on what was going wrong; they ...
Béatrice Boutillier, Fanny Labelle, Emilie Lancastre, Magali Rey‐Le Lorier, Christine Laurin, Sophie Fournier, Elisabeth Legault, Christiane Lachambre, Annie Janvier, on behalf of the PAF commitee (family partnership)   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source