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Wei, Chang; Gu, Mingyue Michelle; Jiang, Lianjiang – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
Drawing on semi-structured interviews with six Chinese migrant families with children aged 12-15 years old, this qualitative study uses a Bourdieusian lens to probe how the historically lived and migration experiences of Chinese internal migrant parents construct their paradoxical beliefs in children's English learning and informs their family…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Language Usage, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Amuzu, Evershed Kwasi; Nutakor, Yvonne Eyram; Amfo, Nana Aba Appiah – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2019
This paper aims at examining language socialisation practices of members of two groups of migrants of Nigerien origin living in Ghana, i.e. Tamasheque-speaking beggars in Accra and Hausa/Zambarima/Buzu-speaking hawkers at the Akuapem Ridge. We examine the migrants' language practices in various domains, such as work and home, interrogate whether…
Descriptors: Socialization, African Languages, Poverty, Language Usage
Afrifa, Grace Ampomaa; Anderson, Jemima Asabea; Ansah, Gladys Nyarko – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2019
In this paper, we investigate the choice of English as a home language in Ghana, a multilingual nation where 81 languages are spoken by a population of about 27 million people. In the past, while English was reserved as the de facto language of official domains, e.g., government business and education, Ghanaian languages were used in informal…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, Family Environment, Multilingualism