The role of fathers in language maintenance and language attrition: the case of Korean–English late bilinguals in New Zealand

The objectives of this qualitative research were (1) to identify the factors that affect the Minangkabau language (ML) maintenance in Medan, (2) to discover the parents’ efforts in maintaining ML in Medan and (3) to find out the reason why the speakers have to maintain ML. The souree of data is the nembers of the Association of Sei Jaring Community (Ikatan Warga Sei Jaring: IWS) in Medan. The sample was 10 families including 10 parents and their children. The instruments of this study are a questionnaire and an interview. The questionnaire was used to answer the factors affected the maintenance of ML and how factors affected the maintenance of ML. The interview was used to discover the influence why Minangkabau’s people have to maintain ML. There are four factors in ML maintenance, the parents’ role, the role of family, the intramarriage and homeland visits. After distributing questionnaire and did some interviews it is found that IWS especially for the third generation (children) has the danger level in ML when they communicate to each other. Meanwhile, the data analysis also shows that both fathers and mothers communicate to each other with ML. This condition occurred because of the influence of the environment. Parents have to keep communication and teaching Minangkabau language continuously to their children. so, the young generation can keep the existence of ML for their future. Keywords: Minangkabau Language Maintenance, parents’ efforts, the young generation.

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Information-seeking to Support Personal and Community Wellbeing: Report of a study of New Zealand Men Using Focus Groups

Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS / Actes du congrès annuel de l'ACSI ◽

10.29173/cais962 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Peta Wellstead

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Focus Groups ◽

Support Services ◽

Information Seeking ◽

Service Providers ◽

Structural Constraints ◽

Health And Wellbeing ◽

Study Results ◽

Groupes De Discussion

This paper reports part of an ongoing study exploring the information behaviour of New Zealand men during periods of diminished health and wellbeing. Focus groups were used for this iteration of the study. Results indicate that New Zealand men face both personal and structural constraints to their information-seeking during periods when their health and wellbeing may be compromised. This study highlights that service providers need to develop more effective information delivery mechanisms and support services for men. These services need to be appealing to men and reflect men’s information seeking preferences. The role of LIS professionals in supporting this endeavour is discussed. Cet article présente une étude en cours explorant le comportement informationnel d’ hommes néo-zélandais durant des périodes où leur état de santé et de bien-être est amoindri. Des groupes de discussion ont été utilisés pour cette itération de l'étude. Les résultats indiquent que les hommes en Nouvelle-Zélande font face à des contraintes à la fois personnelles et structurelles dans leur recherche d'information pendant les périodes où leur santé et leur bien-être peuvent être affaiblis. Cette étude met en évidence le besoin pour les fournisseurs de services de développer des mécanismes de diffusion de l'information plus efficaces et des services de soutien pour les hommes. Ces services doivent être attrayants et refléter les préférences des hommes dans leurs recherches d’information. Le rôle des professionnels de l'information dans le soutien à cette entreprise est discuté.

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The Role of Expectancy Theory and Observed Constituency Response Levels to Exposure Drafts in Accounting Standard-Setting in New Zealand

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.1220671 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

Rachel F. Baskerville

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Standard Setting ◽

Expectancy Theory ◽

Accounting Standard ◽

Accounting Standard Setting

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The Role of Chinese Economic Variables on the Australian and New Zealand Equity Returns

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3469918 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Yongbo Ge ◽

Ji (George) Wu ◽

Jing Zhang ◽

Liping Zou

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Equity Returns ◽

Economic Variables

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Literary Histories

10.1093/oso/9780199679775.003.0038 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Eva-Marie Kröller

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Collective Identity ◽

Literary History ◽

English Language ◽

South Pacific ◽

The South ◽

Cultural Elite ◽

Historical Methodology ◽

Literary Histories

This chapter discusses national literary histories in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific and summarises the book's main findings regarding the construction and revision of narratives of national identity since 1950. In colonial and postcolonial cultures, literary history is often based on a paradox that says much about their evolving sense of collective identity, but perhaps even more about the strains within it. The chapter considers the complications typical of postcolonial literary history by focusing on the conflict between collective celebration and its refutation. It examines three issues relating to the histories of English-language fiction in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South Pacific: problems of chronology and beginnings, with a special emphasis on Indigenous peoples; the role of the cultural elite and the history wars in the Australian context; and the influence of postcolonial networks on historical methodology.

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