Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language in Australia and Beyond: The Role of Capital

Autor/in	Mu, Guanglun Michael
Titel	Learning Chinese as a Heritage Language in Australia and Beyond: The Role of Capital
Quelle	In: Language and Education, 28 (2014) 5, S.477-492 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0782
DOI	10.1080/09500782.2014.908905
Schlagwörter	Chinese; Foreign Countries; Heritage Education; Language Proficiency; Second Language Instruction; Native Language Instruction; Role; Social Capital; Online Surveys; Second Language Learning; Interviews; Correlation; Multiple Regression Analysis; Mixed Methods Research; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? China; Chinesen; Ausland; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Rollen; Sozialkapital; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Korrelation; Australien
Abstract	The benefits of learning and retaining heritage languages are well documented in the literature. Chinese heritage language learners' commitment to their heritage language learning has gained significant research ground in social psychological and post-structural schools, with empirical evidence predominantly emerging from the North American contexts. There is scant sociological examination of similar problems conducted outside North America. The current study aims to make a contribution in this regard. The use of Bourdieu's sociological notion of capital in the Australian context complements the social psychological and post-structural work predominantly produced in the North American contexts. The initial quantitative sub-study analyses the impacts of various resources on the Chinese heritage language proficiency of 230 snowball-sampled Chinese Australian respondents to an online survey. The subsequent qualitative sub-study explores the profits of learning Chinese heritage language through interviews with a subset of the survey sample. Findings indicate that cultural, social, and symbolic capital significantly positively contributes to Chinese Australians' Chinese heritage language proficiency, which, in return, produces profits in different forms of capital. The study suggests a reciprocal relationship between 'capital' and Chinese heritage language proficiency. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10