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ERIC Number: EJ1084767
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1523-5882
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Korean Families in America: Their Family Language Policies and Home-Language Maintenance
Kang, Hyun-Sook
Bilingual Research Journal, v38 n3 p275-291 2015
This study examined the family language policies (FLP) of Korean American parents and how the language practice, management, and ideology components of their FLP and demographic variables predict maintenance of the home language. Results of a large-scale (N = 480) survey show that different sets of FLP and demographic variables contributed to a model that predicted retention of oral versus literacy skills. Child gender, age of English exposure, and parental attitudes toward bilingualism were strong predictors of oral and literacy skills in the home language. Whereas length of settlement and language-practice patterns predicted maintenance of oral skills, language-management strategies were required for retention of literacy skills.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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