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Linguistic Minorities and the Multilingual Turn: Constructing Language Ownership through Affect in Cultural Production
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McLaughlin, Mireille – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2016
The "multilingual turn" brings questions of language ownership to the forefront of debates about linguistic minority governance. Acadian minority cultural producers construct language ownership using multiple languages and targeting multilingual publics, but use ideologies of monolingualism to situate Acadian authenticity in place and…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Multilingualism, Governance, Monolingualism
Albanian Parents and the Greek Educational Context: Who Is Willing to Fight for the Home Language?
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Gkaintartzi, Anastasia; Chatzidaki, Aspasia; Tsokalidou, Roula – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2014
This article examines views of Albanian immigrant parents regarding home-language maintenance in Greece. It aims to reveal language ideologies in relation to broader ideologies about schooling and education. Following a qualitative interpretative approach, we conducted semi-structured individual and group interviews with 19 parents of bilingual…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Native Language, Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries
U.S. Spanish and Education: Global and Local Intersections
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García, Ofelia – Review of Research in Education, 2014
The author of this chapter argues that the failure of Spanish language education policies in the United States to educate both Latinos and non-Latinos has to do with the clash between three positions--(a) the English language, characterized by U.S. educational authorities as the unique and powerful lingua franca; (b) the Spanish language, as…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Educational Policy, Hispanic American Students
"El Euskera a Mi Me Gusta": Parental Attitudes of Basque Country Immigrants
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Torres-Guzman, Maria E.; Etxeberria-Sagastume, Felipa; Intxausti Intxausti, Nahia – New Educator, 2011
Within this study, we examine the nexus of immigrant parents' language attitudes and motivations towards a lesser-spoken, endangered language and the revitalization efforts in the Basque Country, Spain. Attitudes and motivations are conceptualized as multileveled, relational, and dynamically constructed within their immediate and broader…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Language Attitudes, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries
Language, Culture and Ethnicity: Interplay of Ideologies within a Japanese Community in Brazil
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Sakuma, Tomoko – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This dissertation is a sociolinguistic study of the ideologies about language, culture and ethnicity among Japanese immigrants and descendants in Brazil (hereafter, Nikkeis) who gather at a local Japanese cultural association, searching for what it means to be "Japanese" in Brazil. This study focuses on how linguistic behaviors are…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Cultural Activities, Language Attitudes, Language Role
Why the British Do Not Learn Languages: Myths and Motivation in the United Kingdom
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Coleman, James A. – Language Learning Journal, 2009
In the light of recent debates on the declining take-up of languages in English schools, and on pupils' motivation towards language learning, this article furthers discussion and asks broader questions. Is there a coincidence between trends in British attitudes to Europe and the growing or waning enthusiasm for language learning across all…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Monolingualism, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Development