Engaging Language and Cultural Spaces: Latin American Parents' Reflections on Language Loss and Maintenance in Vancouver

Autor/in	Guardado, Martin
Titel	Engaging Language and Cultural Spaces: Latin American Parents' Reflections on Language Loss and Maintenance in Vancouver
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquee, 9 (2006) 1, S.51-72 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1481-868X
Schlagwörter	Language Skill Attrition; Language Maintenance; Foreign Countries; Latin Americans; Parent Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Spanish; Bilingualism; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Ethnicity; Self Concept; Family Role; Family Relationship; Native Speakers; Community; Canada (Vancouver); Colombia; El Salvador; Guatemala + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverfall; Sprachpflege; Ausland; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Elternverhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Spanisch; Bilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ethnizität; Selbstkonzept; Muttersprachler; Kolumbien
Abstract	This qualitative study aims to explore the loss and maintenance of Spanish in Latin American children in Vancouver from the perspective of parents. It focuses on the experiences of children either developing bilingually (Spanish-English) or monolingually (English). The participating families were from Colombia, Guatemala, and El Salvador, and had children between the ages of three and seventeen. Drawing on semi-structured interview data, the article highlights the complexity of the issues affecting maintenance and loss of L1 and points to the multifaceted nature of the attendant consequences. The discussion mainly revolves around the issues of cultural identity, the role of family, intergenerational communication and the size of the L1 community. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Canadian Association of Applied Linguistics / Association canadienne de linguistique appliquee. Departement de langues, linguistique et traduction, Pavillon de Koninck, Universite Laval, Quebec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada. Web site: http://www.aclacaal.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10