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Direct linkBermingham, Nicola; Higham, Gwennan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
Immigrant integration in nation states increasingly focuses on the importance of learning the national state language. This is evidenced by increased emphasis on rigorous language testing and tighter citizenship regulations. This paper analyses immigrant integration in two sub-state contexts, Galicia and Wales, where presence of a national…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Language Tests, Social Integration, Second Language Learning
Morris, Delyth; Jones, Kathryn – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
The role of the home and family/caregivers is commonly acknowledged as being central to securing the intergenerational socialisation of minority languages. Research evidence demonstrates that the survival or demise of minority languages crucially depends upon the extent to which the language is passed on from one generation to the next within the…
Descriptors: Socialization, Caregiver Role, Young Children, Foreign Countries
Ambrose, John; Williams, Colin H. – 1981
Census data from 1901-1971 on the status of Welsh in Wales are used to illustrate the problems of making language planning recommendations on the basis of limited and scale-specific analyses. Using maps and charts, the data are analysed at national, regional, local, and individual levels. Different patterns of language maintenance and usage emerge…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language Planning
Peer reviewedGriffiths, Gwyn – Educational Media International, 1992
Examines the background and roots of the Welsh language and how it is being kept in existence and its usage increased. The maintenance of the Welsh language through literature, education, and journalism is described; radio and television broadcasting in Welsh is reviewed; and other influences are examined. (12 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance
Baker, Colin – 1992
This book examines language attitudes, focusing on individual attitudes toward majority and minority languages and bilingualism. Special emphasis is placed on research conducted on language attitudes in Wales toward the Welsh and English languages. Six chapters address the following: (1) the nature, definition, and measurement of language…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, Bilingualism, English
Williamson, Robert C. – 1991
This monograph on minority languages and bilingualism focuses on seven minority languages in different parts of the world, looking at their history and current status, including patterns of usage among samples of their speakers. The first two chapters discuss several issues regarding diglossia and bilingualism, language patterns within societies,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Cultural Context, Diachronic Linguistics
