ERIC Number: EJ1305223
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Publication Date: 2021
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The Pedagogical Practices of an Immigrant Parent: Maintaining Heritage Language in the Home Context
Chen, Emma
LEARNing Landscapes, v14 n1 p29-43 Spr 2021
The maintenance of heritage language is essential to immigrant children's linguistic, cultural, and social development. While there is a large body of literature on heritage language, how heritage language is practiced at home remains largely unknown. Engaging in an autobiographical narrative inquiry, I tell and retell stories of our pedagogical practices in the home context. I seek to bridge the research gap with new understandings of the "parent knowledge" that immigrant parents bring to bear in heritage language education. I invite you into my home and immigrant family's language journey to witness the efforts, challenges, and rewards of learning heritage language.
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Maintenance, Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Native Language Instruction, Parents as Teachers, Bilingualism, Family Environment, Chinese, English (Second Language), Reading, Writing (Composition)
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Language: English
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