A Quantitative Analysis of the Language Policy Processes in Early Childhood Professionals' Advice on Multilingual Parenting

Autor/inn/en	Van Oss, Victoria; Vantieghem, Wendelien; Struys, Esli; Van Avermaet, Piet
Titel	A Quantitative Analysis of the Language Policy Processes in Early Childhood Professionals' Advice on Multilingual Parenting
Quelle	In: Current Issues in Language Planning, 24 (2023) 3, S.312-333 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Van Oss, Victoria) ORCID (Vantieghem, Wendelien) ORCID (Struys, Esli) ORCID (Van Avermaet, Piet)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1466-4208
DOI	10.1080/14664208.2022.2100679
Schlagwörter	Language Planning; Educational Policy; Early Childhood Education; Early Childhood Teachers; Language Usage; Socialization; Native Language; Multilingualism; Parenting Styles; Foreign Countries; Parent School Relationship; Official Languages; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachwechsel; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Frühe Kindheit; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Sprachgebrauch; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Office language; Amtssprache; Belgien
Abstract	Whereas early childhood professionals can play a pivotal role in fostering young children's home language development, little is known about what determines the kind of multilingual parenting advice they offer families. The objective of this study was to deconstruct the processes culminating in two types of such recommendations: "advice highlighting the usage of the home language in the family domain versus advice to include the dominant language." Different theories, including Spolsky's insights on language policy and Ricento and Hornberger's Onion model, were used to investigate several aspects influencing professionals' interpersonal language policy. Logistic regression analyses were performed on a sample of 305 professionals employed at Flemish infant welfare clinics in Belgium. Our findings indicate that advice highlighting the home language is connected to manifold variables on the national, institutional, and interpersonal language policy levels. However, only few variables at the interpersonal and institutional level were associated with advice to include the dominant language. Hence, future research could further investigate the hitherto unidentified mechanisms underlying this type of advice. Overall, our results show the complex and nuanced ways in which the national, institutional, and interpersonal levels intersect in shaping different types of multilingual advice. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01