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Developing minority languages at home: an evidence-based study with reception children in Spain

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: This work examines the current situation of monolingual and bi-/multilingual families on how they help their children, Reception students (4-5 years old) at a British school in Madrid, Spain, to acquire, preserve and strengthen minority languages at home. The results show contrasts between monolingual and bi-/multilingual families, although most of them systematically apply 'natural' resources (One Language-One Person, for example) or tools (reading or watching TV, for example). Among the final recommendations, a closer collaboration between schools and parents is advised to assist more effectively in the (multi-)language development of the children.

Source: Cadernos de Linguagem e Sociedade

DOI: 10.26512/les.v21i2.28144

Author: José Luis Estrada-Chichón

Institution: Universidad de Cádiz

Language: English

Topic: Multilingual Education and Policy

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W3137764252

FWCI: 1.536

Cites: 47

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10