Overview
Asks how much parents should promote bilingualism, and what are the costs of pushing too hard
Highlights the impact of parental language management choices on children’s experiences of growing up bilingually
Responds to a recent call among scholars to reconsider the notion of 'success' in Family Language Policy research
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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About this book
This book explores the question of family language policy in multilingual households. Presenting six case studies which focus on the experiences of parents and children in French-English bilingual contexts, the author draws conclusions about the impact of parental language management on the family as a whole which can be applied to transnational families from other linguistic backgrounds. While many parental guides on bilingual childrearing have been published in recent years, little attention has been paid to the possible impact of such language strategies on the experiences and interrelationships of bilingual family members. This book is unique in focusing in depth on the psychology and experiences of the child, and it will be of interest to readers in fields as diverse as sociolinguistics, language policy and planning, sociology of youth and family, and child psychology.
Reviews
— Kendall King, University of Minnesota, USA
"This volume provides fascinating insights into family language practices among French and English families of intercultural marriage. It is a ground-breaking study that brings children’s voices, an often overlooked factor, into Family Language Policy research. It makes a convincing case for taking children’s lived experiences seriously in language learning for both families and researchers.”— Zhu Hua, University of Birmingham, UK
“This excellent book delves into what school-age bilingual children themselves think about language practices in their familiy. The author interviewed them and had them draw language portraits of themselves. This book is a rich addition to research on Family Language Policy.” — Jean-Marc Dewaele, Birkbeck, University of London, UK
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Family Language Policy
Book Subtitle: Children’s Perspectives
Authors: Sonia Wilson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52437-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52436-4Published: 01 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52437-1Published: 31 July 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 200
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Language Policy and Planning, Children, Youth and Family Policy, Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics, Child and School Psychology, Social Anthropology