Bilingual Toddlers Reap the Language They Sow: Ethnic Minority Toddlers' Childcare Attendance Increases Maternal Host Language Use

Autor/inn/en	Prevoo, Marielle J. L.; Mesman, Judi; Van Ijzendoorn, Marinus H.; Pieper, Suzanne
Titel	Bilingual Toddlers Reap the Language They Sow: Ethnic Minority Toddlers' Childcare Attendance Increases Maternal Host Language Use
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 32 (2011) 6, S.561-576 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2011.609279
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Mothers; Toddlers; Questionnaires; Immigrants; Indo European Languages; Bilingualism; Parent Child Relationship; Child Care; Correlation; Language Usage; Turkish; Second Language Learning; Minority Groups; Context Effect + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Mother; Mutter; Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Fragebogen; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Indoeuropäisch; Bilingualismus; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Korrelation; Sprachgebrauch; Türkisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	This study investigated the development and correlates of language use in bilingual Turkish-Dutch immigrant mothers and their toddlers. In this short-term longitudinal study 87 mothers completed questionnaires on their Dutch and Turkish language use, ethnic identity and use of childcare. Observational data were obtained for maternal supportive presence and observed language use with the child. We found evidence that mothers who felt more strongly connected to the Turkish culture spoke more Turkish and less Dutch with their toddlers. The amount of Dutch that was used in mother-toddler communication increased significantly between the ages of two and three years. Mothers of children who started visiting childcare or who lived in a neighbourhood with a low percentage of non-western immigrants showed a larger increase in use of the Dutch language with their toddlers. Our findings emphasise the importance of contextual factors in determining language use in ethnic minority families. (Contains 3 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10