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S096 2/2 | Made at Home: Family Language Policy in a Mobile World

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Everything begins with the family, and language is the key to communication among family members for all types of endeavours. This is why Family Language Policy (FLP) matters. Whether explicit decisions on what language to use and what language to (dis)continue or implicit language practices within the family, FLP reflects broader societal attitudes and ideologies about languages, sociocultural values, sociopolitical positions and individual identities. We welcome submissions which address the following three sub-themes: Theme 1) includes families with transnational experiences and intercultural marriages. This theme focuses on how divergent cultural values and beliefs are negotiated and how changes in socio-political-cultural environments lead to changes in language practices. Theme 2) highlights studies undertaken in contexts where forceful political decisions and massive internal migration are taking place and where FLP interacts intensively with state and school policies. Theme 3) explores changes in technology and their impact on immediate and extended family members regarding FLP. It focuses on digitally-mediated communications in transnational, contemporary families across time and space. Featured Speakers: Prof Annick De Houwer (theme 1); Dr Mingyue GU (theme 2); Prof Åsa Palviainen (theme 3).

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August 19, 2021 08:30 AM - August 19, 2022 12:00 Noon(Europe/Amsterdam)
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20210819T0830 20210819T1200 Europe/Amsterdam S096 2/2 | Made at Home: Family Language Policy in a Mobile World

Everything begins with the family, and language is the key to communication among family members for all types of endeavours. This is why Family Language Policy (FLP) matters. Whether explicit decisions on what language to use and what language to (dis)continue or implicit language practices within the family, FLP reflects broader societal attitudes and ideologies about languages, sociocultural values, sociopolitical positions and individual identities. We welcome submissions which address the following three sub-themes: Theme 1) includes families with transnational experiences and intercultural marriages. This theme focuses on how divergent cultural values and beliefs are negotiated and how changes in socio-political-cultural environments lead to changes in language practices. Theme 2) highlights studies undertaken in contexts where forceful political decisions and massive internal migration are taking place and where FLP interacts intensively with state and school policies. Theme 3) explores changes in technology and their impact on immediate and extended family members regarding FLP. It focuses on digitally-mediated communications in transnational, contemporary families across time and space. Featured Speakers: Prof Annick De Houwer (theme 1); Dr Mingyue GU (theme 2); Prof Åsa Palviainen (theme 3).

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Constructing classed language ideologies and linguistic practices across borders: Family language policy in migrant families in Hong Kong

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This study investigates how migrant South Asian mothers and children in Hong Kong strategize to achieve class mobility through constructing new class identities and practicing linguistic and cultural repertoires, and how they practice language policy in the multiple contexts of home, school, community and society, and explore the underlying reasons.
Presenters Michelle Mingyue Gu
The Education University Of Hong Kong
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Data collection on digital practices in families: practical and ethical issues

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In order to increase the understanding of the role of mediated communication in family language policy, methodological protocols need to be adapted to capture current digital family practices. This paper discusses the potentials as well as practical and ethical challenges that come with data collection on digital practices in families.
Presenters Åsa Palviainen
University Of Jyväskylä
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“She performs her reading like Shams!”: Digital applications and platforms as partners in parental language policy implementation

StandardAILA Symposium 08:30 AM - 12:00 Noon (Europe/Amsterdam) 2021/08/19 06:30:00 UTC - 2022/08/19 10:00:00 UTC
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 Fatma Said
Assistant Professor In Applied Linguistics , Zayed University, UAE
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The impact of digital technologies on the language practices within the Russian-German immigrant families in Germany

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The present paper aims to explore changes in language practices within the Russian-German immigrant families in Germany after the introduction of digital technologies into everyday life and the impact of digital technologies on the family language policy.
Presenters Anna Ritter
University Of Regensburg
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The real and virtual public space of Cyprus, Estonia and Sweden, its relevance to family language policy and language transmission

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Presenters Natalia Ringblom
Stockholm University | Dalarna University Co-authors Sviatlana Karpava
University Of Cyprus Anastassia Zabrodskaja
Professor Of Intercultural Communication, Tallinn University
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Heritage language use in digital family interaction: children’s agency and parents’ ideologies

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Inland Norway University Of Applied Sciences
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“I want to learn Vietnamese to speak to my grandma” – Intergenerational ties as key factor in family language policy

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This paper discusses one factor - intergenerational ties and its role in successful family language policy. The two Vietnamese families discussed in this paper are two distinctive examples of successful versus unsuccessful family language policy in Melbourne settings. Among the different data collection tools, children’s own voice was investigated.
Presenters Thi Minh Thu Bui
Monash University
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Michelle Mingyue Gu
The Education University of Hong Kong
Prof. Åsa Palviainen
University of Jyväskylä
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Assistant Professor in Applied Linguistics
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Zayed University, UAE
Anna Ritter
University of Regensburg
Natalia Ringblom
Stockholm University | Dalarna University
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University of Bath
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Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
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