Family language policy in a transnational family living in Finland: multilingual repertoire, language practices, and child agency [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyEach multilingual transnational family is unique and thus deserves to be carefully studied in terms of its family language policy (FLP). Speaker-centered approaches can provide a deeper understanding of linguistic diversity in a multilingual setting. The
Olga Nenonen
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Turkish heritage families in Sweden: language practices and family language policy [PDF]
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022 This paper explores family language policy in Turkish-speaking families in Sweden. Questionnaires were administered to the parents of 105 Turkish/Swedish children (age 4 − 7), targeting family language practices (including parent–parent, parent–child, child–parent, child-and-sibling conversation and language-fostering activities such as joint book ...
Ute Bohnacker
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Space, invisibility of languages and family language policy
Energeia, 2023 This paper draws upon arguments about spaces as a central idea in order to understand language inequality and invisibility through the framework of family language policy.
Shahzaman Haque
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The Family Language Policy of Javanese Multilingual Families
Journal of Language and Literature, 2023 Javanese is one of the regional languages with a relatively large number of speakers, around 68 million. This significant number of speakers is essential for the Javanese language to survive.
Anna Fitriati
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Family language policy and school language policy: can the twain meet?
International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022 This commentary outlines the key conceptualisations and core questions related to multilingual children’s language and literacy development across different migration contexts. Addressing various language and educational ideologies held by parents and teachers, it highlights the interactions between families, schools and the wider society.
Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen
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Family language policy retention across generations: childhood language policies, multilingualism experiences, and future language policies in multilingual emerging Canadian adults [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionLanguage policies in multilingual families refer to parents’ decisions, whether explicitly articulated or not, regarding which languages will be used in which contexts.
Leah L. Pagé, Kimberly A. Noels
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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]
Frontiers in PsychologyHeritage languages play a pivotal role in cultural preservation, ethnic identity attachment and intergenerational continuity. The dynamics of heritage language transmission within family settings warrant comprehensive exploration, specifically in ...
Shameen Fatima, Muhammad Umar Nadeem
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Minority Language Parenting and Family Language Policy [PDF]
Journal of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught LanguagesThe language acquisition practices of parents and their child(ren) within a family language policy is essential to the maintenance of indigenous, heritage, and less commonly taught (minority) languages. Prefaced by a comprehensive exploration of existing
Adebimpe Adegbite
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Family language policy tensions in Ndebele-Shona intermarriages
Social Sciences and Humanities OpenLinguistic intermarriages are now a common feature of contemporary societies as a consequence of migration and globalisation. In some contexts, intermarriages contribute to the creation of bilingual families because of children's exposure to the ...
Busani Maseko, Liqhwa Siziba
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An exploratory study on national language policy and family language planning in the Chinese context
Cogent Education, 2021 National language planning and family language planning may converge or diverge. As 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the new China, we examined language planning at both the national level and the family level in China.
Yang Gao, Gang Zeng
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