Prompting Heritage-Language Engagement in English-Speaking Maltese Families, via a Family Language Programme Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Formosa, Jennifer; Little, Sabine
Titel	Prompting Heritage-Language Engagement in English-Speaking Maltese Families, via a Family Language Programme Intervention
Quelle	In: First Language, 43 (2023) 2, S.137-157 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Formosa, Jennifer)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0142-7237
DOI	10.1177/01427237221116982
Schlagwörter	Native Language; Family Programs; Family Relationship; Language Usage; Semitic Languages; Language Maintenance; Heritage Education; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Bilingualism; Multilingualism; Language Attitudes; Diaries; Attitude Change; Program Descriptions; Sociolinguistics; Parent Child Relationship; Foreign Countries; Malta + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Family program; Familienprogramm; Sprachgebrauch; Arabisch; Hebräisch; Sprachpflege; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Bilingualismus; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sprachverhalten; Diary; Tagebuch; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Soziolinguistik; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Ausland
Abstract	This qualitative, exploratory research study is positioned within the field of Family Language Policy (FLP). Contextualised in bilingual Malta, where Maltese is the majority language, the study inquires into the effects of a plurilingual family language programme on the language ideologies within English-speaking Maltese families. The programme was followed by four such families over a four-week period, during which data were collected via the participants' weekly entries into semi-structured family language journals. Upon the programme's completion, a second set of data was collected via one-off, semi-structured, family focus group interviews, for the purpose of triangulation. The findings highlight interrelated issues across the macro, meso and micro levels of language ideology, contributing to existing research by postulating the potential of a family language programme to prompt ideological shifts in support of heritage-language engagement, transmission and maintenance. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01