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Direct linkRhian Hodges – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The Welsh Government's Welsh language strategy, Cymraeg: A million Welsh speakers [Welsh Government. 2017a. "Cymraeg 2050: A Million Welsh Speakers." Cardiff: Welsh Government], aims to increase the numbers of Welsh speakers to one million by 2050. The creation of new Welsh speakers and immersion education form an integral part of the…
Descriptors: Welsh, Language Usage, Sociolinguistics, Secondary School Students
Shanhua He – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This paper proposes a concept of "campus vitality" of languages: the ability of a language to maintain its prestige, visibility and continuity on university campuses. A seven-factor framework is developed for on-the-ground investigation of the relevant languages in a given campus context. These indexical factors are the number,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Planning, Multilingualism
The Role of English in South African Multilinguals' Linguistic Repertoires: A Cluster-Analytic Study
Robyn Berghoff – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
A substantial body of research has examined the role of English in South Africans' linguistic repertoires. Many of these studies have investigated whether a language shift towards English might be underway among first-language (L1) speakers of the indigenous languages. At the same time, the role of English in the repertoires of L1 English speakers…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, African Languages, Multilingualism
Anh Khoi Nguyen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This paper provides a qualitative account of Vietnamese language maintenance in Manchester. Through ethnographic observations of distinctly Vietnamese locations, Vietnamese language practices are shown to create spaces in which Vietnamese is the dominant language, and in which Vietnamese norms and expectations, or scales, are able to influence and…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Maintenance, Vietnamese, Ethnography
Ciara O'Toole – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Assessing vocabulary knowledge is an important part of establishing language proficiency in bilingual children. The crosslinguistic lexical tasks (CLTs) provide a framework for testing vocabulary development in three-to-six year-olds using a standard procedure and comparable items for multiple languages. This study describes the development of the…
Descriptors: Irish, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Task Analysis
Venturin, Beatrice – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Multilinguals' feelings of difference when switching languages have been discussed extensively. However, this research area has mainly focused on multilinguals dominant in their first language (L1), examining the feelings they experience when using any language other than the L1 (LX). The present study offers a novel perspective on this topic and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Multilingualism, Language Attitudes, Language Usage
