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Language Learning Challenges for Adult Deaf Migrants in Sweden: Experiences from a Four-Year Project
Ingela Holmström – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2025
Upon arrival in Sweden, adult migrants are required to learn Swedish at the earliest opportunity. This requirement also extends to deaf migrants, regardless of their linguistic and educational backgrounds. This paper presents findings and experiences derived from a project focused on the multilingual situation of deaf migrants in Sweden. Some deaf…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kashif Raza; Catherine Chua – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Despite recognising multilingualism as a reality and multilingual workforce as an advantage, language policies continue to favour certain languages over others. Using a case study of Canada's language-in-immigration policy related to three federally administered immigration programs, this study is an attempt to understand how the macro-level…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Immigration, Skilled Workers
Obojska, Maria – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Language and sociocultural practices in transnational families have attracted considerable scholarly attention over the last decade. Adding to this research, the present article explores the perspectives of two Polish teenage siblings living in Norway on the projected language and sociocultural practices in their future families. The data for this…
Descriptors: Polish, Norwegian, Foreign Countries, Siblings
Fiona Smythe – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Inclusive schooling practices that support immigrant students with low language-of-schooling proficiency to actively participate in learning within mainstream contexts is crucial during the newly-arrived phase. The concept of reciprocal integration and its more recent evolution through the inclusive education movement, reframes school-community…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Barriers, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Sancho-Pascual, María – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
The aim of this study is to find out more about how the immigrant community is being integrated socio-linguistically into the city of Madrid. It takes as its premise that integration is a bi-directional process conditioned directly by the beliefs, values and attitudes of both the immigrant and the host communities (Moreno Fernández, Francisco.…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Social Integration, Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics
Süverdem, F. Büsra – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This article focuses on the family language policy (FLP) of second-generation Turkish immigrant families living in France. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 families to observe their language ideologies, practices and management strategies. The thematic analysis shows that despite generational differences of parents,…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Language Usage, Turkish, French
Gao, Fang; Lai, Chun; Halse, Christine – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
How migrants, refugees and minority groups acquire a sense of belonging in their adopted society is a concern for nations worldwide as they aim to balance the diversity and inclusion of growing numbers of migrants with ensuring harmony and cohesion across society. In postcolonial Hong Kong, the population diversity is accompanied with a swift…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Multilingualism, Second Languages, Foreign Countries
Caglitutuncigil, Tulay – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
It is generally taken for granted that teaching the language of the region to newcomers will prevent social stratification and will enable them to participate in the society and economy. Nevertheless, there are significant drawbacks with regard to the coordination of these language classrooms. This article will problematise the fact that these…
Descriptors: Romance Languages, Social Integration, Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries
Petreñas, Cristina; Ianos, Adelina; Sansó, Clara; Huguet, Ángel – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
We analyse the influence of attending or not attending classes of the language of origin in self-identification and in life-satisfaction. In addition, we analyse how these elements are related to the perception of integration of young immigrants of Romanian origin in a multilingual and multicultural context like that of Catalonia (Spain). We…
Descriptors: Correlation, Life Satisfaction, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
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
Bermingham, Nicola; Higham, Gwennan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
Immigrant integration in nation states increasingly focuses on the importance of learning the national state language. This is evidenced by increased emphasis on rigorous language testing and tighter citizenship regulations. This paper analyses immigrant integration in two sub-state contexts, Galicia and Wales, where presence of a national…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Language Tests, Social Integration, Second Language Learning
Ianos, Maria Adelina; Huguet, Àngel; Lapresta-Rey, Cecilio – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
Language attitudes have become more relevant than ever as a result of the considerable number of immigrant students enrolled in the Catalan educational system and the challenges this entails in terms of promoting social integration and language learning. Therefore, the objective of the study is to increase our understanding of language attitudes…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Social Integration
Gogonas, Nikos; Michail, Domna – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
The focus of this paper is on the relationship between Albanian speakers' ethnolinguistic vitality (EV) perceptions and their language maintenance, language use and choice patterns. A subjective EV questionnaire, and a language usage questionnaire capturing domain-specific language use was completed by 200 Albanian immigrants of first and second…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Correlation, Language Maintenance, Questionnaires
Language Policy and Literacy Practices in the Family: The Case of Ethiopian Parental Narrative Input
Stavans, Anat – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
The present study analyses the Family Language Policy (FLP) in regards language literacy development of children in Ethiopian immigrant families. Bridging the gap between linguistic literacy at home and at school hinders a smooth societal integration and a normative literacy development. This study describes the home literacy patterns shaped by…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Syntax, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Immigration and Language Policy and Planning in Quebec and Canada: Language Learning and Integration
Conrick, Maeve; Donovan, Paula – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2010
The connections between immigration and language policy and planning in Quebec and Canada are long established. With the continuing upward trajectory in levels of immigration to Canada and Quebec the linguistic integration of these new arrivals remains an important topic. In recent years, Asia has overtaken Europe as the leading source of…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Official Languages, Immigration, Immigrants