Dominant Language Constellations of Russian Speakers in Cyprus

Karpava, Sviatlana

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-52336-7_10

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“…Mixed-marriage families, with one partner Russian and the other Greek Cypriot, are multilingual, having Greek, English and Russian in their DLCs. Russian immigrant families, with both spouses of Russian origin, are mainly bilingual, using Russian and English in their daily lives (Karpava, 2015(Karpava, , 2020Karpava et al, 2018). Russian is one of the important languages on the island with regard to the linguistic landscape, business and tourist spheres (Eracleous, 2015;Karpava, 2022).…”

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Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings

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“…The study builds on previous research on individual DLCs in Cyprus (Karpava, 2020) and Finland (Björklund et al, 2020). The Cyprus case was focused on DLCs among Russian-speaking students and adult females, native speakers of Russian, members of mixed-marriage families in Cyprus and mothers of bi/multilingual children.…”

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“…The study builds on previous research on individual DLCs in Cyprus (Karpava, 2020) and Finland (Björklund et al, 2020). The Cyprus case was focused on DLCs among Russian-speaking students and adult females, native speakers of Russian, members of mixed-marriage families in Cyprus and mothers of bi/multilingual children.…”

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In Search of Dominant Language Constellations among Multilingual Young Adults in Cyprus and Finland:

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2023

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“…They come from Russia and other republics of the former USSR, and vary in terms of their socio-economic status, reasons for coming and staying in Cyprus, and family composition. Mixed-marriage families, with one partner being Russian and the other Greek Cypriot, are multilingual, having Greek, English and Russian in their dominant language constellations, while Russian immigrant families, with both spouses of Russian origin, are mainly bilingual, using Russian and English in their daily lives (Karpava 2015;Karpava et al 2018;Karpava 2020). English is a global language and is widely used all over Cyprus for communication, education and business purposes (Buschfeld 2013).…”

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The Effect of the Family Type and Home Literacy Environment on the Development of Literacy Skills by Bi-/Multilingual Children in Cyprus

Karpava

2021

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Literacy is a broad term that includes reading and writing abilities, as well as cognitive skills that are socially and culturally constructed. Thus, it is essential to take the family context and home literacy environment (HLE) into consideration when discussing literacy. HLE affects reading and writing development via (in)formal literacy experiences focused on the development of oral language and code skills via exposure, child-centered and instructed activities. In this study, we investigated the effect of the family type (intermarriage/exogamous and co-ethnic/endogamous) and HLE on the development of literacy in bi-/multilingual children in Cyprus. The results of the study, which was based on qualitative methodology (questionnaires, interviews and observations), showed that there was a close relationship between the family type, family language policy (FLP), the HLE and the development of children’s language and literacy skills which, in addition, depended on their socioeconomic status (SES), the level of the parents’ education, life trajectories and experience, linguistic and cultural identities, status in the society, future plans for residency, and the education and careers of their children. Overall, Russian-speaking parents in immigrant contexts realized the importance of (early) child literacy experiences at home, as well as of multiliteracy and multimodality, and attempted to enhance these experiences both in Russian and in the majority language(s), mainly via formal, didactic activities focused on code skills.

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Dominant Language Constellations of Russian Speakers in Cyprus

Cited by 9 publications

References 26 publications

Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings

Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings

In Search of Dominant Language Constellations among Multilingual Young Adults in Cyprus and Finland:

The Effect of the Family Type and Home Literacy Environment on the Development of Literacy Skills by Bi-/Multilingual Children in Cyprus

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