Language usage and culture maintenance: a study of Spanish-speaking immigrant mothers in Australia

Mejía, Glenda

doi:10.1080/01434632.2015.1029931

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“…To add on, Choudhury (2014), Jabeen & Shah, Sayed (2011), Mahmoud (2015), Mejía (2016), Shin, Eslami, & Chen (2011) and Siefert, Salas, & Amico (2015) have assesrted a very interesting opinion that is language is socially constructed and shared meaning system. The language meaning might not be found in the language itself or its users but on its community who has used it.…”

Section: Target Culture As a Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Repositioning Culture in Teaching Target Language: Local Culture or Target Culture?

Darong¹,

Menggo²

2021

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The role of culture in teaching target language is undeniable. This article belongs to a literature review. As such, it deals with the reviews of culture integration in English Language Teaching. The article provides the conflicting findings of teaching target language with local culture or target culture along with the reasonable reasons for each. The writers adopt the systematic way of doing literature review consisting of four steps namely designing the review, conducting the review, analyzing, and writing the review. Drawing from the review of the progress reports in the field, the writer recommends an intermediary for prospective English Language Teaching accommodating both local and target culture in question. Recommendations for future research studies are highlighted at the end.

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Section: Target Culture As a Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Repositioning Culture in Teaching Target Language: Local Culture or Target Culture?

Darong¹,

Menggo²

2021

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“…The focus of the latter research centers particularly on women, children and the youth, with some studies focusing on the experiences of specific national groups (e.g., the El Salvadorian migrants, Chilean migrants, Mexican migrants, etc. ), and, more recently, on digital and transnational citizenship (Martín 1996(Martín , 2011Jones Díaz 2003;Zevallos, 2005aZevallos, , 2005bZevallos, , 2008Mejía 2007Mejía , 2016Sanchez-Castro and Gil 2008;Clyne and Kipp 2011;Rocha and Coronado 2014;Maggio 2017;Jones Díaz and Walker 2018;Mejía, Abascal, and Colic-Peisker 2018). Overall, in terms of language maintenance, Jones Díaz and Walker succinctly observe that "while Australia's language policy has effectively promoted the use of minority languages in the private domain, it has not extended the use of these languages to the public domain" (2018, 466), which includes the education system.…”

Section: The Australian Contextmentioning

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Intercultural communicative competence and Spanish heritage language speakers: an overview from the U.S., Australia and Europe

Díaz

Callahan

2020

Journal of Spanish Language Teaching

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Research on 'heritage/community language education' (HCLE) has a relatively recent trajectory, but it has generated a large number of scholarly publications, particularly in relation to Spanish in the United States (U.S.) where the growth of Spanish heritage language learners (HLL) has been exponential. However, to date, limited research attention has been given to the intersection between heritage language learning and the development of intercultural communicative competence (ICC). This may be attributed to the assumption that, on a daily basis, such learners are required to move and effectively operate between languages and cultures and, therefore, already possess adequate levels of ICC. With the development of ICC, now considered an integral component in language education, the time appears ripe to examine its implications within HCLE. This paper articulates the key similarities and differences in the trajectories of ICC research in relation to university level heritage learners of Spanish in three distinct geographical contexts: Australia, Europe, and the United States.

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“…Family language policy also has important implications for family relations. Families who share a HL report more harmonious relations and cohesion [ 46 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 ], respectful adolescent-parent relationships [ 59 ] and less family conflict [ 9 ]. In fact, fluent bilingualism among family members has been shown to result in the most beneficial family relations relative to other configurations of family language use [ 12 , 60 , 61 ].…”

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Shared Language Erosion: Rethinking Immigrant Family Communication and Impacts on Youth Development

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In this paper we make the case for Shared Language Erosion as a potential explanation for the negative outcomes described in the immigrant paradox for second- and third- generation immigrants (e.g., declines in physical, mental, and behavioral health). While not negating the important role of cultural adaptation, we posit that parent-child communication difficulties due to a process we are calling Shared Language Erosion is driving the observed affects previously attributed to changes in cultural values and beliefs. Shared Language Erosion is the process during which adolescents improve their English skills while simultaneously losing or failing to develop their heritage language; at the same time their parents acquire English at a much slower rate. This lack of a common shared language makes it difficult for parents and their adolescent children to effectively communicate with each other, and leads to increased parent-child conflict, reduced parental competence, aggravated preexisting flaws in parent-child attachment, and increased adolescent vulnerability to deviant peer influences.

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Language usage and culture maintenance: a study of Spanish-speaking immigrant mothers in Australia

Cited by 23 publications

References 41 publications

Repositioning Culture in Teaching Target Language: Local Culture or Target Culture?

Repositioning Culture in Teaching Target Language: Local Culture or Target Culture?

Intercultural communicative competence and Spanish heritage language speakers: an overview from the U.S., Australia and Europe

Shared Language Erosion: Rethinking Immigrant Family Communication and Impacts on Youth Development

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