Language Practices and Attitudes of Australian Children of Indian Descent in a Primary Education Setting

Autor/in	Bissoonauth, Anu
Titel	Language Practices and Attitudes of Australian Children of Indian Descent in a Primary Education Setting
Quelle	In: International Journal of Multilingualism, 15 (2018) 1, S.54-71 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1479-0718
DOI	10.1080/14790718.2017.1395033
Schlagwörter	Language Usage; Immigrants; Indians; Indo European Languages; Elementary School Students; Native Language; Social Mobility; Language Skill Attrition; Cultural Maintenance; Foreign Countries; Family Environment; Semi Structured Interviews; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Grandparents; Parent Child Relationship; Language Attitudes; Language Maintenance; Student Attitudes; Native Language Instruction; Multilingualism; Questionnaires; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachgebrauch; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Inder; Indoeuropäisch; Soziale Mobilität; Sprachverfall; Ausland; Familienmilieu; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Großeltern; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sprachverhalten; Sprachpflege; Schülerverhalten; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Fragebogen; Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Australien
Abstract	This paper investigated linguistic practices and choices of Australian children of Indian descent, an under-researched group, who are studying Hindi in primary education. Data was collected using a questionnaire and semi-structured interviews with sixty participants across 3 primary schools in the Sydney area. The findings revealed, as expected, that being born in Australia was associated with greater use of English, and that it was the India-born students who saw a purpose in speaking their "mother tongue". Of those children born in Australia, who had maintained their heritage language in the home, certain cultural groups--Nepalese and Punjabi--had stronger religious loyalties and favourable attitudes towards these languages. Furthermore, it was the grand-parents and non-working mothers who were driving the language maintenance process in the home environment. The conclusion highlights education as a driver for social mobility and raises questions about language and cultural shift as children from Indian backgrounds grow up and are educated in an Australian context. (As Provided).
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