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Robert Weekly; Shih-Ching Picucci-Huang – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The requirement for Chinese students to adopt an English name for the English language classroom remains a relic of a previous era, which is not only accepted but also desirable by some. This study reports on 357 Chinese English language students' relationship with their English names in terms of the concepts of identity, agency and investment,…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Personal Autonomy, Naming, English Language Learners
Farrukh Amina; Melissa M. Barnes; Eisuke Saito – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Schools, globally, have experienced an influx of culturally and linguistically diverse students, due to voluntary migration and forced displacement. To respond to the needs of these students, particularly those from refugee backgrounds, schools must understand how these students navigate their pathways to membership and belonging within their new…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Social Integration
Lou, Kaiyang; Xiong, Tao; Peng, Yue – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Along with China's economic development and expanding cultural influence, the Chinese language has attracted an increasing number of learners in Myanmar, a culturally and linguistically diverse country. However, little is known about local languageChinese teachers' language ideologies toward the Chinese language and Chinese language education…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Chun Lai; Mingyue Gu; Fang Gao; JoJo Wan Shan Yung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
Despite evidence of the acculturation benefits of social media engagement with mainstream culture, there is limited understanding of what motivates or demotivates ethnic minorities' social media engagement with mainstream culture. Adopting the theoretical construct of investment, this study interviewed 31 ethnic minority secondary school students…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Minority Groups, Social Media, Secondary School Students
Xiaoyan Guo; Lifeng Miao – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Informed by Bourdieu's conceptualisation of habitus and its relation with social class, this study explores the construction and negotiation of middle-class identity among a group of urban overseas returnees in China. Using ethnographic interviews and online observational data, the study found that participants built a compliant identity…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Cultural Capital, Life Style, Social Class
Acculturation Profiles of Russian-Speaking Immigrants in Belgium and Their Socio-Economic Adaptation
Grigoryev, Dmitry; van de Vijver, Fons – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
This article presents the results of a study on the relationship of acculturation profiles of Russian-speaking immigrants in Belgium, the duration of their stay, and their socio-economic adaptation. The data came from a socio-psychological survey of 132 Russian-speaking immigrants in Belgium (first generation) and were processed using latent…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Profiles, Immigrants, Russian
Zorcic, Sabina – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
The article summarises the results of pilot research about communicative practices among adolescents at bilingual schools in Austrian Carinthia. I present the findings by referencing Bourdieu's Theory of Practice, which I supplement when necessary with established concepts from sociolinguistics and social psychology. Bilingual schools are one of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Schools, Sociolinguistics, Social Psychology, Slavic Languages
Mu, Guanglun Michael – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
The relationship between Heritage Language (HL) and ethnic identity has gained significant research ground in social psychological and poststructural scholarship, with empirical evidence largely emerging from the North American settings. There is little pertinent sociological work conducted outside North America. To fill this gap, this…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Social Capital, Self Concept, Foreign Countries