Being Bilingual: Perspectives of Third Generation Asian Children on Language, Culture and Identity  

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Mills, Jean

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Full Text) vol. 4 no. 6 (2001), page 383 — 402.
Fulltext: Vol. 4, No. 6, 383 — 402.pdf (229.35KB)

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This paper concerns a study of the views of their bilingualism of a group ofAsian children and young people. Within the context of a semi-structured interview, they reflectedon the role of their languages in their lives. They noted, in general, their lack of proficiencyin their Asianlanguages and their parents’ (in particular, theirmothers’) efforts to support those languages. Nevertheless, these languages were important to these children, especially for maintaining the bond with their families and communities. Consequently, these languages were crucial for maintaining the children’s sense of identity as being both Britishand Pakistani.The children thus experiencedmultiple identitiesto which their languages contributed, and which, on the whole, they accepted with equanimity.

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