Tracing ethnic socialisation of Chinese in Malaysia to Chinese-medium school

Spencer Stuart Research & Insight is one of the world’s leading executive search consulting firms. The firm was founded in 1956, is privately owned and operates 50 offices in 26 countries around the world. Clients range across industries and size from start-ups to the world largest firms. Spencer Stuart gathered and published raw data on the educational backgrounds of CEO’s of S&P 500 companies in 2005. (See spencerstuart.com/research/articles/936) This paper draws on that data and compiles it in summary fashion to provide an overview of the persons serving in the role of CEO of S&P 500 corporations. Particular attention is given to the educational background of the CEO’s.

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Towards homogeneity in homes languages

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.1075/aral.32.2.02tin ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 11.1-11.22

Author(s):

Su-Hie Ting ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Ethnic Group ◽

School System ◽

Educational Background ◽

The Other ◽

Parental Communication ◽

Instrumental Value ◽

Ethnic Language ◽

The Family ◽

Preliminary Study

This preliminary study examines the languages used by parents with their children in Malay, Chinese Foochow and Indian Tamil families to find out how the similarity or dissimilarity in parents’ ethnic language influenced the choice of language transmitted to children and how far standard languages have permeated the family domain in Kuching City in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Standard languages refer to the three main written languages taught in the school system, namely, English, Bahasa Malaysia (Malay language) and Chinese Mandarin. Interviews were conducted with 17 families (6 Malay, 6 Chinese Foochow, 5 Indian Tamil). The results showed that the ethnic language is mostly still retained in the Malay and Indian Tamil families but has been pushed out by English and Mandarin Chinese in Chinese Foochow families. English has emerged in parental communication with children to different extents across ethnic group. Bahasa Malaysia, on the other hand, is spoken in Malay families with parents from West Malaysia. Factors found to be influencing the parental decision on language to use with their children include similarity/dissimilarity of the couple’s ethnic languages, their educational background, family and social linguistic environment, instrumental value of languages and ethnic identity.

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Towards homogeneity in homes languages

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.2104/aral0911 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 32 (2) ◽

pp. 11.1-11.22 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Su-Hie Ting ◽

Mahanita Mahadhir

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Ethnic Group ◽

School System ◽

Educational Background ◽

The Other ◽

Parental Communication ◽

Instrumental Value ◽

Ethnic Language ◽

The Family ◽

Preliminary Study

This preliminary study examines the languages used by parents with their children in Malay, Chinese Foochow and Indian Tamil families to find out how the similarity or dissimilarity in parents’ ethnic language influenced the choice of language transmitted to children and how far standard languages have permeated the family domain in Kuching City in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. Standard languages refer to the three main written languages taught in the school system, namely, English, Bahasa Malaysia (Malay language) and Chinese Mandarin. Interviews were conducted with 17 families (6 Malay, 6 Chinese Foochow, 5 Indian Tamil). The results showed that the ethnic language is mostly still retained in the Malay and Indian Tamil families but has been pushed out by English and Mandarin Chinese in Chinese Foochow families. English has emerged in parental communication with children to different extents across ethnic group. Bahasa Malaysia, on the other hand, is spoken in Malay families with parents from West Malaysia. Factors found to be influencing the parental decision on language to use with their children include similarity/dissimilarity of the couple’s ethnic languages, their educational background, family and social linguistic environment, instrumental value of languages and ethnic identity.

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Role of mothers’ and fathers’ Internet parenting for family climate

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships ◽

10.1177/0265407518771753 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 36 (6) ◽

pp. 1764-1784 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ruth Festl ◽

Gabriela Gniewosz

Keyword(s):

Educational Background ◽

The Internet ◽

Family Climate ◽

Nuclear Families ◽

Mothers And Fathers ◽

Educational Issue ◽

The Family ◽

Use Of The Internet ◽

Significant Mediator

Within today’s families, there is a growing relevance of children’s Internet use as an important and conflictual educational issue, especially during early and middle adolescence. The family climate can be seen as a sensor on how well families handle such Internet-related conflicts. We extended prior research by investigating the role Internet parenting plays for the perceived family climate of 952 nuclear families using a multiactor design. Moreover, we examined whether families’ educational background moderates the expected association between Internet parenting and family climate. The results confirmed that mothers and fathers with higher parenting confidence more often co-used the Internet with their child, which was found to positively influence the family climate. With regard to the education background, we found that the parental co-use of the Internet was a significant mediator, especially for middle- and lower educated fathers. Overall, the findings underline the relevance of parent–child shared Internet activities as a positive resource of family life.

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Gender, Ethnicity, Ethnic Identity, and Language Choices of Malaysian Youths: the Case of the Family Domain

Advances in Language and Literary Studies ◽

10.7575/aiac.alls.v.8n.2p.26 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 26 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mehdi Granhemat ◽

Ain Nadzimah Abdullah

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Language Use ◽

Sampling Strategy ◽

Demographic Profiles ◽

Language Choices ◽

Mixed Use ◽

The Family ◽

Chinese And English ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

This study examined the relationships between gender, ethnicity, ethnic identity, and language choices of Malaysian multilingual youths in the family domain of language use. Five hundred undergraduate students who belonged to different Malaysian ethnic groups were selected as participants of the study. The participant aged between 17 to 25 years old. To select the participants, a random proportional stratified sampling strategy was developed. A self administered questionnaire survey comprising three sections was used for gathering information about participants’ demographic profiles, their language choices in the family domain, and the concepts of their ethnic identity. To make analyses about the most used languages of the participants and the relationships between variables, SPSS software was run. Descriptive statistics was used to describe the participants’ profiles as well as participants’ used languages in the family domain of language use. Inferential statistics was used to examine relationships between variables. According to results of the study, in the family domain five codes were mostly used by the participants. These five codes were respectively, the Malay language, mixed use of Malay and English, Chinese, Mixed use of Chinese and English, and English. Furthermore, in the family domain, gender did not exert any influence on the choice of language of the multilingual participants, but ethnicity was found to be a determinant of language choice. Ethnic identity was found to influence the language choices of the Malays as well, but it did not affect the Chinese and Indian participants’ language choices in this domain of language use.

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