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EJ976182 - What Role Can Community Contact Play in Heritage Language Literacy Development? Japanese-English Bilingual Children in Sydney

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ERIC #:	EJ976182
Title:	What Role Can Community Contact Play in Heritage Language Literacy Development? Japanese-English Bilingual Children in Sydney
Authors:	Oriyama, Kaya
Descriptors:	Language Minorities; Community Schools; Literacy; Bilingualism; Japanese; Language Maintenance; Statistical Analysis; Language Usage; Questionnaires; Parent Attitudes; Community Role; Cultural Context; Foreign Countries; Heritage Education; Native Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language)
Source:	Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, v33 n2 p167-186 2012
More Info: Help Peer Reviewed:	Yes
Publisher:	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Date:	2012-00-00
Pages:	20
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Abstract:	When linguistic minority parents wish to develop and maintain their children's literacy in heritage languages (HLs), what can they do to help? How and to what extent do the individual contexts of language use and background affect the development and maintenance of HL literacy, compared with the sociocultural context of community? What are the effects of ethnolinguistic community contact on individuals' language use? This article uses a quantitative approach to investigating these issues, focusing on general and specific aspects of Japanese literacy among school-age children of Japanese heritage in Sydney. The sample consists of two groups of bilinguals who differ in their degree of community contact and attend different Japanese community schools at the weekend. Data on individual factors were collected from parental questionnaires and data on literacy from free-style writings and a written test. Statistical analyses examined the effects of language use, background and community contact on literacy, in addition to the effect of community contact on language use. The results indicate that while language use has a more significant effect than background, community contact contributes most to the development of the HL literacy, especially since it significantly promotes literacy-enhancing private language use. (Contains 1 figure, 12 notes and 6 tables.)
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Reference Count:	64

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Identifiers:	Australia
Record Type:	Journal
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ISSN:	ISSN-0143-4632
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Languages:	English
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Direct Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2011.617822

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