Interpreting Differences in Parental Encouragement to learn the host language : California and Catalonia Compared
Wilson, Ann Elizabeth (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Data:	2012
Resum:	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.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicat a:	Bellaterra journal of teaching and learning language and literature, Vol. 5, Núm. 3 (Agost-Setembre 2012) , p. 44-56, ISSN 2013-6196

Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/Bellaterra/article/view/258146
Adreça original: https://revistes.uab.cat/jtl3/article/view/v5-n3-wilson
DOI: 10.5565/rev/jtl3.469

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