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Language Use and Ethnolinguistic Vitality of Turkish Compared with the Dutch in the Netherlands
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Yagmur, Kutlay – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
The focus of this paper is on the relationships between Turkish speakers' ethnolinguistic vitality (EV) perceptions and their language maintenance (LM), language use, and choice patterns. The theoretical framework of the study is based on Giles, Bourhis, and Taylor's (1977) EV theory. In line with the model, a subjective EV vitality questionnaire,…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Role of Education, Rating Scales, Questionnaires
A Test of the Critical Period Hypothesis for Language Learning
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Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2008
A critical period for language learning is often defined as a sharp decline in learning outcomes with age. This study examines the relevance of the critical period for English-speaking proficiency among immigrants in the USA. It uses microdata from the 2000 US Census, a model of language acquisition and a flexible specification of an estimating…
Descriptors: Linguistic Theory, Developmental Stages, Migration, Immigrants
Identity Education in Multicultural Germany.
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Luchtenberg, Sigrid – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1998
Addresses conditions of identity education in Germany within the framework of multicultural education. Particular focus is on the interaction theory of Krappmann (1971), which provides a framework for dealing with the necessities of identity education for migrant and German students. The importance of identity education for migrant students and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Identification (Psychology)
Immigrant Children's Swedish--A New Variety?
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Kotsinas, Ulla-Britt – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Posits two hypotheses arising from the great immigration to Sweden and the immigrants' use and learning of Swedish: (1) Swedish as used by immigrant children may show certain features, related to a creolization process; and (2) the Swedish language may in future show signs of influence from the varieties used by persons with immigrant background.…
Descriptors: Children, Dialects, Immigrants, Interlanguage
Comparative Analysis of Language Minorities: A Sociopolitical Framework.
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Anderson, A. B. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Synthesizes theoretical typologies in the fields of ethnic relations, ethnonationalism, and sociolinguistics into a sociopolitical framework for analyzing various types of ethnolinguistic minority situations. Particular reference is made to minority situations in Europe, North America, and developing countries. (35 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
Ethnolinguistic Identity and Spanish Proficiency in a Paradoxical Situation: The Case of Puerto Rican Return Migrants.
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Clachar, Arlene – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Addresses the social psychological paradox of learning a language, which in one interethnic situation represents the "ingroup" language, while in another interethnic context, it represents the "outgroup" language, a situation characterizing the language-learning experience of most Puerto Rican return migrants (PRRMs). (25…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, College Students, Context Effect, English