Pluricentric Languages in an Immigrant Context

Clyne, Michael; Kipp, Sandra

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“…Taft and Cahill (1989) investigated patterns of language use, proficiency and attitudes among a group of Arabic speaking immigrant children in Melbourne and found language attitudes to be one the factors affecting children's overall Arabic language competence. Clyne and Kipp (1999) investigated language maintenance among Arabic-speaking immigrants in Australia and found that the attitudes towards Arabic were positive by most of their participants who demonstrated high support for its maintenance. However, such support was slightly weaker amongst their younger participants.…”

Section: International Journal Of Research Studies In Education 25mentioning

confidence: 99%

The attitudes of bilingual Arab immigrant children to their languages

Alsahafi¹

2018

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This paper seeks to explore how Arab immigrant children view Arabic, English and Arabic-English bilingualism. Data for the study were collected through narrative interviews and observations with a group of 10 Arabic speaking immigrant children living with their parents in Auckland, New Zealand. Analysis of the data indicated that the children had positive attitudes towards Arabic, English, and bilingualism in Arabic and English. Despite their awareness of their inferior Arabic skills and preference for using English, Arabic maintenance was regarded as important for maintaining contacts with parents and extended families overseas and preserving religious identity. The children also held positive attitudes towards English and bilingualism. The majority of them said that they found English to be easier to learn and use than Arabic in their English-dominant environment. The importance of English was reinforced by such instrumental reasons as school success and communicating with members of the wider community. Similarly, the children had positive attitudes towards being bilingual in Arabic and English, and articulated a number of practical advantages such as the ability to communicate more widely and elevated self-esteem.

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Section: International Journal Of Research Studies In Education 25mentioning

confidence: 99%

The attitudes of bilingual Arab immigrant children to their languages

Alsahafi¹

2018

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“…Arabic, the first language of New Zealand Arab immigrants, is spoken as a first language by more than 300,000,000 people in the world (Suleiman, 2003). Therefore, as a pluricentric language (Abd-el-Jawad, 1992;Clyne & Kipp, 1999), Arabic has been brought to New Zealand by Arab immigrants from a range of different Arab countries, including Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, and Morocco. Although Arab immigrants belong to different national backgrounds, it is a common place to refer to 'Arab' or 'Arab Muslim' immigrants as an entity (Elkholy, 1966;Rouchdy, 2002).…”

Section: New Zealand Arabic-speaking Communitymentioning

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The Role of Arab Fathers in Heritage Language Maintenance in New Zealand

Alsahafi¹

2015

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This paper aims to explore Arab immigrant fathers' language attitudes and practices toward their children's heritage language maintenance in New Zealand. Using a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, data were collected from 10 Arab immigrant fathers of children aged 14 and under, all living with their families in Auckland. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were used to gain insight into the participants' language attitudes and practices toward their children's heritage language maintenance. The findings reveal that the participants were very positive toward the heritage language and its maintenance. Although the participants differed in their countries of origin, Arabic, as a pluricentric language, seems to operate as a unifying core cultural value (Smolicz, 1981) that intertwines with other core values such as religion and ethnic consciousness. While emphasizing the complementary nature of their own and their wives' roles in the process of heritage language maintenance, the participants highlighted some of their key roles and contributions as Arab Muslim immigrant fathers in the process of heritage language intergenerational maintenance, such as explicitly setting and monitoring family language policy, establishing co-ethnic contacts, and providing Arabic materials to enhance Arabic literacy learning among their children.

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“…A number of researchers have been concerned with the minority languages' maintenance in immigrant situations. For example, Clyne and Kipp (1999), who investigate the maintenance of three Pluricentric languages in Australia, have studied the minority languages in Australia: Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. In their study on the Arabic community in Melbourne, Australia, Clyne and Kipp (1999, pp.…”

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Language Maintenance and Transmission: The Case of Egyptian Arabic in Durham, UK

Gomaa¹

2011

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This sociolinguistic micro-level study examines experiences of five Egyptian families, living in Durham, UK, who are trying to transmit Egyptian Arabic to their children. It provides a qualitative description on the process of Egyptian Arabic maintenance and transmission at the family level. Based on in-depth semi-structured interviews and participant observation, the study explores: how these language-minority families describe barriers to and supports for passing on Egyptian Arabic to their children; the language decisions they make to fulfill their roles; how such decisions are linked to their identity as Egyptians living in an English-dominant country; and the factors that helps their children to preserve Egyptian Arabic. The findings show that the participants regard Egyptian Arabic as a cultural core value that is linked with other core values as religion and identity. Consequently, a number of language-related decisions have been made and implemented to improve their children's Egyptian Arabic spoken proficiency level.

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Pluricentric Languages in an Immigrant Context

Cited by 143 publications

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The attitudes of bilingual Arab immigrant children to their languages

The attitudes of bilingual Arab immigrant children to their languages

The Role of Arab Fathers in Heritage Language Maintenance in New Zealand

Language Maintenance and Transmission: The Case of Egyptian Arabic in Durham, UK

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