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Ethnic Minority Language Policies and Practices in China: Revisiting Ruiz's Language Orientation Theory through a Critical Biliteracy Lens
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Jiazhou Yao; Marianne Turner; Gary Bonar – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In order to distinguish between language-related ideologies, Ruiz (1984) proposed three language orientations, namely 'language-as-problem', 'language-as-right' and 'language-as-resource'. Although this typology has been applied to various countries and regions around the globe, relevant research in China, a multi-ethnolinguistic country, remains…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Language Minorities, Literacy
Including Children's Voice in Family Language Policy: An Exploration of the Tensions between Mothers' and Children's Language Beliefs
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Thi Minh Thu Bui; Marianne Turner; Anna Filipi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This article discusses family language policy and the tensions between mothers' and children's language beliefs in two Vietnamese immigrant families in Melbourne. These tensions have frequently been discussed from the parental perspective, but it is less common to include the children's voice. We draw on a larger in-depth qualitative study of…
Descriptors: Mother Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Immigrants, Vietnamese People