How Is the Bilingual Development of Portuguese Heritage Children Perceived by Their Parents? Results from an Ethnographic Case Study of a Non-Formal Learning Setting in Germany

Autor/inn/en	Costa Waetzold, Juliane; Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia
Titel	How Is the Bilingual Development of Portuguese Heritage Children Perceived by Their Parents? Results from an Ethnographic Case Study of a Non-Formal Learning Setting in Germany
Quelle	In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25 (2022) 3, S.942-962 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Costa Waetzold, Juliane) ORCID (Melo-Pfeifer, Sílvia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-0050
DOI	10.1080/13670050.2020.1731415
Schlagwörter	Informal Education; Portuguese; German; Parent Child Relationship; Language Maintenance; Heritage Education; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Native Language Instruction; Foreign Countries; Ethnography; Linguistic Input; Bilingualism; Parent Attitudes; Teaching Methods; Comparative Analysis; Preschool Children; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Portugiesischunterricht; Deutscher; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Sprachpflege; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Native language education; Muttersprachlicher Unterricht; Ausland; Ethnografie; Sprachbildung; Bilingualismus; Elternverhalten; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Deutschland
Abstract	In the context of German linguistic policies, Heritage Language (HL) education ranges from formal and informal to non-formal offers. Families with migratory backgrounds seeking acquisition and maintenance of the HL frequently resort to educational or maintenance opportunities that are not institutionalized. In the region of Bavaria (Germany), the geographical context of this study, the teaching of Portuguese as an HL (PHL) mainly occurs in non-formal and informal educational spaces. The present empirical study follows an ethnographic perspective and examines how learners' parents in such non-formal environments perceive their children's bilingualism. As a secondary focus, the linguistic educational tool 'Mala de Herança' (MH) ("Heritage Suitcase" -- "free translation") shall be examined in order to assess its possible input in shaping the bilingual individual, following Van Lier's [2004. "The Ecology and Semiotics of Language Learning. A Sociocultural Perspective." Dordrecht: Springer.] ecological approach to language teaching. The data described in the study, obtained from parents' interviews, were collected through semi-structured interviews and interpreted through content analysis. Results point towards a very heterogeneous perception of the 'bilingual child' by the parents, compatible with the reviewed literature. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01