ERIC Number: EJ1003908
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Mar
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-7761
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Class Habitus: Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Parents' Investment in Their Newcomer Adolescents' L2 Acquisition and Social Integration
Chao, Xia
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v44 n1 p58-74 Mar 2013
This ethnographic case study explores how two middle-class Chinese immigrant parents in a southeastern U.S. city facilitate their newcomer adolescents' second language acquisition and social integration. Data show that parents' inadequate English proficiency may not be a fixed constraining factor; their class habitus and cultural capital may enable them to work as change agents in their adolescents' integration process. This study highlights the positive impact of parents' active social integration on that of their adolescents. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Immigrants, Social Integration, Adolescents, Change Agents, English (Second Language), Cultural Capital, Case Studies, Ethnography, Middle Class, Chinese Americans, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Social Capital, Parent Child Relationship, Junior High School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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