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"Tell Me": Language Education Representations and Family Language Policies in Transnational Bangladeshi Low Socioeconomic Status Families Living in Italy
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Tonioli, Valeria – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
The aim of the paper is to present the results of a research project called 'Tell Me', conducted from October 2018 to March 2020. The project focused on Bengali children living in Venice, Italy, and aimed to describe (1) children's languages in the home environment and at school; (2) the quality and quantity of input they receive in every language…
Descriptors: Indo European Languages, Italian, Family Relationship, Language Usage
Performing Chinese Diasporic Identity through Mandarin: The Case of Italian-Schooled Chinese Migrant Youth in Prato (Italy)
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Paciocco, Adua – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2018
Italian-schooled Chinese migrant youth in Prato enact a Chinese diasporic identity which develops as a result of the diasporic stance they manifest through Mandarin-speaking practice, in addition to other practices associated with Mandarin. Being children of Chinese migrants with limited Italian literacy, the youth speak a Chinese dialect and…
Descriptors: Mandarin Chinese, Self Concept, Immigrants, Language Usage
Appunti per la biografia linguistica dei miei figli (Notes for a Linguistic Biography of My Children).
Francescato, Giuseppe – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1978
This article discusses the linguistic background of two Italian children who lived with their parents for an extended period of time in Holland and for a brief time in Puerto Rico and spent vacations in Italy where their relatives spoke the dialects of Veneto and Friuli. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Children, Dialects
Il bilinguismo degli italiani in Svezia (Bilingualism of Italians in Sweden).
Leone, Fulvio – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1986
Discusses the social and linguistic problems of children living in Sweden who have at least one Italian immigrant parent. (CFM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Communication Problems, Foreign Countries