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De Houwer, Annick; Bornstein, Marc H. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
An important aspect of Family Language Policy in bilingual families is parental language choice. Little is known about the continuity in parental language choice and the factors affecting it. This longitudinal study explores maternal language choice over time. Thirty-one bilingual mothers provided reports of what language(s) they spoke with their…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Family Environment, Parent Child Relationship, Video Technology

Blackledge, Adrian – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1999
Presents a study of the literacy practices and attitudes of Bangladeshi families in Birmingham, England. Particular focus is on the extent to which the mothers of 18 6-year-old Bangladeshi children were able to support their children's school-related literacy learning. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Illiteracy, Justice

Sondergaard, Bent – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1981
Presents case study involving the attempt by parents to raise their children to be bilingual in Danish and Finnish as example of internal and/or external difficulties preventing development of the bilingualism of a child. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Danish, Finnish

Dopke, Susanne – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Investigation of discourse structures in bilingual (German-English) families indicated that parents' discursive strategies were related to the children's acquisition of the minority language and that children were more likely to speak the minority language if the respective parent employed a more child-centered mode of interaction than the parent…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis

Evans, Mary – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
Describes one aspect of a Welsh/English bilingual child being raised in England. The father is a native speaker of Welsh, and the mother has learned Welsh in order to speak it to her son. The father accommodates both the mother's and the child's linguistic errors. Areas of accommodation are identified and possible reasons discussed. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, English, Error Analysis (Language)