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Hajek, John; Goglia, Francesco – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
This article explores language repertoires, attitudes, and practices amongst members of the East Timorese diaspora in Australia. It relies on quantitative and qualitative data gathered through a recent sociolinguistic survey, ethnographic observation, as well as on general observations of online language use. Our study reveals a complex…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Language Usage, Multilingualism
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Perera, Nirukshi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
In the study of language maintenance and shift for migrant groups in Australia, scholars have tended to focus on how personal factors or aspects of life in the host society shape language maintenance patterns. In this study, I explore how factors originating in the homeland affect language maintenance for Sri Lankan migrants in Australia. The aim…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Immigrants, Dravidian Languages
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Yook, Cheongmin; Lindemann, Stephanie – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2013
This study investigates how the attitudes of 60 Korean university students towards five varieties of English are affected by the identification of the speaker's nationality and ethnicity. The study employed both a verbal guise technique and questions eliciting overt beliefs and preferences related to learning English. While the majority of the…
Descriptors: Role, Self Concept, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Oriyama, Kaya – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
When linguistic minority parents wish to develop and maintain their children's literacy in heritage languages (HLs), what can they do to help? How and to what extent do the individual contexts of language use and background affect the development and maintenance of HL literacy, compared with the sociocultural context of community? What are the…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Community Schools, Literacy, Bilingualism
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Gilhotra, Manjit S. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Asserts that in order to participate in and contribute to the development of a cohesive multicultural society, it is not necessary for the members of minority groups to become monolingual speakers of English, and that the goal of a multicultural society should be to appreciate the value of each cultural group. (SED)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Diglossia, Language Maintenance, Language Role
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Seggie, Ian – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1983
Investigates the role of accent in attributing guilt to persons accused of a crime. A 3x3 repeated-measures design required three groups to rate three accents (Received British Pronunciation, Broad Australian, Asian) on their probability of having committed a particular crime (embezzlement, damage to property, violence against a person). Results…
Descriptors: Crime, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Research
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Smolicz, J. J.; Hudson, D. M.; Secombe, M. J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1998
Discusses "border crossing" by individuals who augment their cultural valence through acquiring competence in and positive attitudes toward other cultures. Reports on two studies carried out according to the principles of humanistic sociology and based on memoirs written by university graduates. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, English, English (Second Language)
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Pauwels, Anne – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Investigates whether speakers of standard German and Dutch maintain their language variety better than speakers of German and Dutch dialects. Also investigates the phenomenon of diglossia in immigrant societies and shows that the type of diglossia prevalent in the immigrant's home country significantly affects the language situation in the new…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Diglossia, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
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Janik, Janusz – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Discusses the issue of language ecology, focusing on Polish language maintenance in Victoria, Australia, and reports on a study conducted with Polish students at a Saturday language school. Results indicate that the longer the period of residence in Australia, the less students use Polish. (25 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Church Role, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, English