Aspects of Language Choice Online among German-Upper Sorbian Bilingual Adolescents

Autor/in	McMonagle, Sarah
Titel	Aspects of Language Choice Online among German-Upper Sorbian Bilingual Adolescents
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25 (2022) 1, S.59-79 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (McMonagle, Sarah)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.1080/13670050.2019.1624686
Schlagwörter	Language Maintenance; Language Usage; Computer Mediated Communication; German; Group Discussion; Social Media; Internet; Telecommunications; Literacy; Bilingualism; English (Second Language); Code Switching (Language); Creativity; Computer Software; Language Minorities; Foreign Countries; Ethnic Groups; Slavic Languages; Language Attitudes; Secondary School Students; Student Attitudes; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachpflege; Sprachgebrauch; Computerkonferenz; Deutscher; Gruppendiskussion; Soziale Medien; Telekommunikationstechnik; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Bilingualismus; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Kreativität; Sprachminderheit; Ausland; Ethnie; Slawische Sprache; Sprachverhalten; Sekundarschüler; Schülerverhalten; Deutschland
Abstract	This paper provides insights into online language practices among bilingual teenagers who speak and learn a lesser-used language. Regarding language diversity, the internet is seen to pose both challenges to and opportunities for smaller languages. Focusing on German-Upper Sorbian adolescents, this study enquires to what extent new media and technologies facilitate Sorbian-language maintenance and learning, and what influences language choice (German, Sorbian or other) in online environments. Via questionnaire and group discussion methods, it is revealed that German dominates the online activities of participants (n = 164). However, Sorbian assumes relatively stronger roles in online activities for school/homework, as well as chat, social media and internet telephoning. Although German dominates these users' online environments, the educational and interactive roles that Sorbian plays are a relatively good indicator of biliteracy activities. Yet these two roles do not seem to converge. Students claim to use technologies for the 'correct' use of Sorbian in the formal domain of education, whereas biliteracy in social media can also refer to ways in which German and Sorbian (and increasingly English) are mixed in informal, non-standard and creative ways. Language choice online largely reflects offline behaviours, yet new issues also emerge, such as available software in the minority language. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01