99142 articleid 20136196v5n3p44 eng Wilson, Ann Elizabeth Interpreting Differences in Parental Encouragement to learn the host language : California and Catalonia Compared This article is based on a subset of data gathered in a bi-national PhD study regarding measures of parental encouragement when comparing immigrant background and native students (n=233) in Catalonia (Spain) and California. The ANOVA means comparisons of parental encouragement based on groupings of first generation, second generation, and native students show a decrease in parental encouragement (over immigrant generations) among the Californian respondents but an increase among the Catalan respondents. It is hypothesized that in Catalonia, newcomer parents realize over a period of years importance of the Catalan language in Catalonia, in contrast, in the US, parents of newcomer students arrive aware of the importance of learning English. Nevertheless, more data is needed to confirm this hypothesis. Results are combined with a review of recent literature in order to argue the need for more studies on immigrant parent attitudes as perceived by their children toward L2 learning, especially in Catalonia. Tots els drets reservats http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ Anglès Article de fons info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Vol. 5, Núm. 3 (Agost-Setembre 2012), p. 44-56 Bellaterra journal of teaching and learning language and literature 2013-6196 77579 http://ddd.uab.cat/pub/jtl3/jtl3_a2012m8-9v5n3/jtl3_a2012m8-9v5n3p44.pdf 13 0044 56 Agost-Setembre 3 5 jtl3_a2012m8-9v5n3 2012 ARTPUB UAB JTL3 artpubuab oai:ddd.uab.cat:99142 driver