Heritage Language Development: Preserving a Mythic Past or Envisioning the Future of Canadian Identity?

Autor/in	Guardado, Martin
Titel	Heritage Language Development: Preserving a Mythic Past or Envisioning the Future of Canadian Identity?
Quelle	In: Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 9 (2010) 5, S.329-346 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-8458
Schlagwörter	Heritage Education; Second Language Learning; Foreign Countries; Middle Class; Language Attitudes; Self Concept; Ethnicity; Latin Americans; Interviews; Spanish; Parent Aspiration; Bilingualism; Multilingualism; Citizenship; Socialization; Language Maintenance; Native Language Instruction; Parent Attitudes; Futures (of Society); English (Second Language); Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Ausland; Mittelschicht; Sprachverhalten; Selbstkonzept; Ethnizität; Latin America; People; Lateinamerika; Bevölkerung; Volk; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Spanisch; Elternwille; Bilingualismus; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Staatsbürgerschaft; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Sprachpflege; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Elternverhalten; Future; Society; Zukunft; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Kanada
Abstract	This article, part of a larger study, examines three middle-class, Hispanic Canadian families' conceptualizations of language, culture, and identity. Via an analysis of interview data, the findings indicate that the parents assigned diverse meanings to heritage language development (HLD) and held high expectations for their children's formation of adaptable identities as a result of their bilingualism and multilingualism. They constructed HLD as a passport to a cosmopolitan worldview, suggesting the need to further expand our conceptualization of HLD and identity. This understanding can be seen as a starting point for future scholarly discussion and as an avenue for research in this area. HLD can be an important catalyst for socializing younger generations into a broader outlook while negotiating new citizenship. The article concludes by positing the intersection between HLD and cosmopolitan identities as a potentially fruitful dimension to be considered in discussions about the emergence of a Canadian identity. (Contains 1 figure, 1 table and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10