Patterns of Perceived Language Ability and Use in Arctic Quebec  

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Taylor, D.M. ; Caron, M. ; McAlpine, L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Full Text) vol. 3 no. 4 (2000), page 283 — 296.
Fulltext: Vol. 3, No. 4, 283 — 296.pdf (204.58KB)

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The present research focused on mothers of school children living in small isolated communities in arctic Quebec (Nunavik). Patterns of perceived language ability and use in three languages, Inuttitut, English, and French, for both themselves and their children were examined. The pattern of perceived language ability was similar across the three languages. Fluency was superior to literacy, understanding was better than speaking, and reading scoreswere higher than those forwriting. Mothers judged themselves to be best in Inuttitut, second best in English, and least fluent in French. A pattern of perceived subtractive bilingualism emerged. Ability in the heritage language, Inuttitut,was negatively correlatedwith abilityin the mainstreamlanguage, English. Additionally, as the mothers’ ability in mainstreamlanguages increased, the perceived ability of their children in Inuttitut decreased. Similar patterns of subtractive bilingualism emerged when language use was examined. The results are discussed in terms of the potential survival of the heritage language.

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