'In This Country My Children Are Learning Two of the Most Important Languages in Europe': Ideologies of Language as a Commodity among Greek Migrant Families in Luxembourg

Autor/inn/en	Gogonas, Nikos; Kirsch, Claudine
Titel	'In This Country My Children Are Learning Two of the Most Important Languages in Europe': Ideologies of Language as a Commodity among Greek Migrant Families in Luxembourg
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 21 (2018) 4, S.426-438 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.1080/13670050.2016.1181602
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Language Usage; Ideology; Ethnography; Multilingualism; Cultural Influences; Identification (Psychology); Social Influences; Official Languages; French; German; English; Global Approach; Job Skills; Higher Education; European History; Qualitative Research; Middle Class; Participant Observation; Interviews; Parents; Language of Instruction; Greece; Luxembourg + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sprachgebrauch; Ideologie; Ethnografie; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Sozialer Einfluss; Office language; Amtssprache; Französisch; Deutscher; English language; Englisch; Globales Denken; Produktive Fertigkeit; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Qualitative Forschung; Mittelschicht; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Eltern; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Griechenland
Abstract	This paper explores the language ideologies of three middle-class migrant Greek families in Luxembourg, one 'established' family and two 'new' crisis-led migrant families, all of whose children attend Luxembourgish state schools. While the families differ in terms of migration trajectory, their language ideologies converge. The findings of this ethnographic study show that all parents view multilingualism as an asset and relate it to culture, identity and job opportunities. The parents' ideologies are shaped both by their desire to improve their social standing and by societal discourses on the values of languages in the job market and in the Higher Education. Luxembourg's official trilingualism is seen as a symbol of national cohesion and it is viewed as a commodity on the job market. Thus, the development of children's multilingualism in French, German and English is seen as a 'commodity' which, they hope, will enable children to compete in the new globalised, transnational and post-industrial/services market. (As Provided).
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