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Changing discourses of Chinese language maintenance in Australia: unpacking language ideologies of first-generation Chinese immigrant parents from People’s Republic of China

Frontiers in Psychology
Parental agency of their children’s language learning is often determined by their perceptions of the significance of the language in both family and society levels.
Yining Wang, Yining Wang, Jia Li
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To What Extent is Speaking a Heritage Language an Essential Part of Maintaining Ethnic Identity? [PDF]

, 2017
Colonialist imperialism and globalisation have been a linguistic and anthropological disaster, with large numbers of languages and cultures being completely wiped out. People have lost their voice, their lands and their identities.
LANDSBERRY, Lauren, ランズベリー, ローレン   +1 more
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Leaving children behind for cross‐border education: Unveiling the emotional agency of international post‐graduate student mothers

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing interest in the internationalisation of higher education, the experiences of international student parents, particularly international student mothers, remain largely marginalised in research and policy. This paper examines the emotional agency of international student mothers who leave their children behind in their home ...
Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan, Ha Ngan Ngo, Chloe Le   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Globalisation processes and minority languages: linguistic hybridity in Brittany [PDF]

, 2009
Recent interest in the ‘disappearance’ of languages has been accompanied by increased revitalisation efforts in many minority language settings, often considered to be experiencing obsolescence due to pressures of globalisation and modernity.
Hornsby, Michael
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How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source

Policy activity for heritage languages: Connections with representation and citizenship [PDF]

, 2017
Adult literacy is perhaps the single most effective language policy activity undertaken since devolution, in which the progress from an initial policy investigation process, subsequent policy determination, and resource allocation and program ...
Joseph Lo Bianco, Lo Bianco, J
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Between soft power and suspicion: Chinese international students as diasporic actors in U.S.‐China geopolitical tensions

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the under‐theorized political role and identity of Chinese international students, who emerge as significant actors caught between U.S. soft power ambitions and rising geopolitical suspicion. Amid escalating U.S.‐China tensions, these students are forced to confront environments shaped by competing geopolitical discourses ...
Jing Yu
wiley   +1 more source

Choosing English as a Dominant Language Among Indigenous Youth: Cultural Boon or Identity Bane?

Lingua Cultura
Cultural disconnect is increasingly evident among Indigenous youth who struggle to maintain fluency in their native languages, even when they retain passive understanding.
Liaa Eve Dalilis Tacio, John Rey Osben Pelila   +1 more
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Heritage and Non-Heritage Language Learners in Arabic Classrooms: Inter and Intra-group Beliefs, Attitudes and Perceptions [PDF]

, 2012
This study examines how Arabic heritage language learners (HLLs) and non-heritage language learners (non-HLLs) perceive each other, and the class dynamics in a combined classroom setting.
Ghazi Abuhakema
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Racial gaps without racism: How English universities frame inequality in access and participation plans

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Racial inequalities are pervasive in higher education despite concerted efforts to redress issues of access, progression and continuation. Little attention has been paid to how universities themselves construct race within their policy texts.
Benjamin Hart, Mirna Šumatić
wiley   +1 more source