scholarly journals THE INFLUENCE OF LANGUAGE USE AND LANGUAGE ATTITUDE ON THE MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY LANGUAGES SPOKEN BY MIGRANT STUDENTS

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leni Amalia Suek
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Class Session ◽  
Language Program ◽  
Migrant Students ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Community Language

The maintenance of community languages of migrant students is heavily determined by language use and language attitudes. The superiority of a dominant language over a community language contributes to attitudes of migrant students toward their native languages. When they perceive their native languages as unimportant language, they will reduce the frequency of using that language even though at home domain. Solutions provided for a problem of maintaining community languages should be related to language use and attitudes of community languages, which are developed mostly in two important domains, school and family. Hence, the valorization of community language should be promoted not only in family but also school domains. Several programs such as community language school and community language program can be used for migrant students to practice and use their native languages. Since educational resources such as class session, teachers and government support are limited; family plays significant roles to stimulate positive attitudes toward community language and also to develop the use of native languages.

scholarly journals Sikap Bahasa Penutur Shimakutuba Dialek Uchinaguchi Di Prefektur Okinawa

KIRYOKU ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Reny Wiyatasari
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Endangered Language ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Population ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Questionnaire Method

(Title: Language Attitudes Of The Speakers Of Uchinaguchi Dialect,  Shimakutuba Language In Okinawa Prefekture) This study aims to determine the language attitude of the speakers of the Uchinaguchi dialect, one of the dialects in Shimakutuba which is the language used in the Okinawa islands. Shimakutuba is one of the languages in the world set by UNESCO as an endangered language. Because the theme of this research is focused on language attitudes which is one of the topics in sociolinguistic studies, the data are collected using the questionnaire method through distributing questionnaires to respondents who are considered representative representing the research population and also using literature study methods. Then the data were analyzed using descriptive methods. Based on the results of the questionnaire, it was found that the language attitude shown by speakers of Shimakutuba was divided into two, namely positive attitudes and negative attitudes. A positive attitude consists of positive active and positive passivity.

scholarly journals Languages of Communication in Baghdad: Domains and Perceptions

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 1008-1017
Author(s):  
Prof. Bader S. Dweik ◽  
Sara N. Al-Rahal
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Ethnic Language ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social Domains ◽  
Demographic Background ◽  
At Home

The purpose of this study is to investigate the domains of use of the Turkmen language and Arabic in Baghdad and to explore attitudes towards Turkmen and Arabic. A sample, comprising (100) subjects from the Turkmen of Baghdad, is selected purposefully to fill out a sociolinguistic questionnaire to solicit information about the participants' demographic background, language use in different contexts and language attitudes towards the ethnic language, Turkmen and the mainstream language, Arabic. The results have revealed that the Turkmen of Baghdad use their ethnic language in different domains especially at home and among the family members. Also, they use both languages (their ethnic language and Arabic) in different social domains such as neighborhood, place of work, schools, media and other public places and have displayed positive attitudes towards Turkmen and Arabic alike.

Language attitudes of the Vietnamese in Melbourne

1998 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mai N. Pham
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Australian Society ◽  
Language And Culture ◽  
Vietnamese Immigrants ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Private And Public

Abstract This study is an attempt to investigate language attitudes of the older and younger generations of Vietnamese bilingual adults in Melbourne, in relation to their ethnicity in the Australian context and in the light of the historical background of the Vietnamese immigrants in Australia. A survey of 165 Vietnamese bilingual adults and students in Melbourne was carried out to investigate their language use in private and public domains, their appraisal of English and Vietnamese, their attitudes towards Vietnamese language maintenance, acculturation, and the question of their ethnic identity in Australian society. The results of the findings reveal that there is a significant difference between adults and students in various aspects of their language attitudes. Overall their choice of language use in private and public domains varies with situations and interlocutors. Although both groups show positive attitudes towards the appraisal of Vietnamese, the maintenance of Vietnamese language and culture and the retaining of their ethnic identity, what is significant is that students demonstrate stronger positive attitudes than adults. With regard to factors that influence the maintenance of Vietnamese, while adults think that government language policy is the most important factor, students express their confidence in the ability of the Vietnamese themselves to maintain their language.

scholarly journals 全球化背景下藏族农村社区的 语言生活——青海省黄南藏族 自治州力加村语言使用及语言 态度研究 = The Language Life in a Tibetan Village Community with Globalization: Case Study on Language Use and Attitude in Lijia Village, Huangnan, Qinhai

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Yao Chunlin
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Language Use ◽  
English Education ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Village Community ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Language Attitude

<p>采用问卷调查、辅以访谈的方式，调查藏<br />语安多方言区的一个农业社区（力加村）的语<br />言生活、语言活力、语言使用和语言态度。结<br />果显示，当地藏语文活力旺盛，藏语是当地各<br />种场合的主要交际用语。被调查对象中近一半<br />人是藏汉双语人，他们大多年龄较小或受过教<br />育。被调查对象的语言文字态度具有较强的包<br />容性，对藏汉语文都持积极态度。所有被调查<br />对象都希望后代接受藏语教育，近一半被调查<br />对象希望后代在接受藏语教育的同时接受汉语 和（或）英语教育。被调查对象对藏语具有很<br />强的民族情感。他们承认藏语文在当地活力旺<br />盛，但仍旧担心“政府制定的语言文字政策执<br />行不到位”会影响当地的藏语文发展。</p><p>In order to study language vitality, language<br />use and language attitude in a Tibetan<br />agriculture community (Lijia Village) in Amdo<br />dialect region, the research methods<br />Questionnaire and Interview are used to collect<br />data. The research finds that the Tibetan<br />Language which is the main communication<br />language in local area is full of vitalities. All<br />subjects hope their children access Tibetan<br />education. At the same time, half of the<br />subjects hope their children access Chinese or<br />(and) English education and become bilingualism. The research also finds that half of<br />the subjects are Chinese-Tibetan bilingualism,<br />who are young and (or) educated; and most of<br />the subjects hold the positive attitudes towards<br />both Chinese and Tibetan</p>

The spread of Putonghua and language attitude changes in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minglang Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Indirect Measurement ◽  
Local Varieties ◽  
Group Solidarity ◽  
Speech Communities ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Cross Variety ◽  
Attitude Changes

This study measures languages attitudes of 82 college students in Shanghai and Guangzhou, where language planning has promoted Putonghua (PTH) over local varieties since 1956. Since the 1980s, industrialization, commercialization, and greater demographic mobility have changed what used to be homogeneous local variety speech communities, resulting in greater demand for PTH in cross-variety communication. Do language attitudes change with greater demand for PTH? A direct measurement shows that the Shanghainese and Cantonese are largely similar in language use but differ in language attitudes: instrumental motivation and impressions of stereotyped PTH speakers correlate differently with language use for these groups. An indirect measurement indicates that, because of low social distance, the Shanghainese and Cantonese as whole groups preferred neither PTH nor their respective local varieties, though the Shanghainese females significantly upgraded PTH on both social status and group solidarity, while the Shanghainese males upgraded Shanghainese. These findings do not conform well to the textbook-case dichotomy found in early studies between high and low varieties on the dimensions of social status and solidarity. The nonconforming language attitudes may represent attitude changes amid emerging patterns of language use in these two Pacific cities.

scholarly journals Pohnpei sohte ehu: A survey- and interview-based approached to language attitudes on Pohnpei

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley Rentz
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Hierarchical Modeling ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Local Languages

This dissertation provides an analysis of language attitudes of 1.3% of the adult population of the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. It presents both quantitative survey and qualitative interview data collected July–August 2016 and July–August 2017. The results are situated within a poststructuralist, postcolonial theoretical framework that critically evaluates the colonial history of the island and its ideological effects on language use, as well as highlighting the diversity of opinions found on the island. Because of this framework, the dissertation does not aim to construct a monolithic narrative of language attitudes on Pohnpei, but rather seeks diversity wherever possible. To carry out these goals, the dissertation adapts quantitative methods (multidimensional scaling, cluster analyses, correspondence analysis, and poststratified Bayesian generalized hierarchical modeling) and combines them with critical theoretical tools such as sociolinguistic scale and translanguaging. The results showed two main different ideological groups both in terms of language use and language attitude patterns. Both groups highly value Pohnpeian, English, and other local languages generally. However, the first group values English over Pohnpeian and other local languages. They in general only use Pohnpeian to connect with Pohnpeians and in situations related to the soupeidi system, but use English for most other situations including education, work, media, and government. This group’s language use patterns with scale-based language ideologies, where local levels of scale (such as family and kousapw) are highly multilingual, but become increasingly monolingual as scale increases toward the translocal level. The other group, conversely, finds Pohnpeian to be the most important language for them overall and tend to find Pohnpeian to be the most important language in every domain. The results of the dissertation indicate a disconnect between the current mostly monolingual English-focused educational practices among both private and public schools on Pohnpei and the desire of the research participants for greater use of Pohnpeian and other local languages. The current educational system likewise devalues the symbolic resources of its students, which has perpetuated negative ideologies about local languages. These ideologies adversely affect both the students and the linguistic future of local languages including Pohnpeian.

scholarly journals Chinese teenagers’ perceptions of vitality of Hokkien Chinese in Penang, Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Su-Hie Ting ◽  
Jonathan Zie-Ming Teng
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Social Factor ◽  
Educational Background ◽  
Chinese Diaspora ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Global Language ◽  
The Stability

Abstract The study assessed Chinese teenagers’ perceptions of vitality of Hokkien Chinese in Penang using the Expanded Graded Intergenerational Disruption Scale (EGIDS). The survey involved 156 students aged 13–19 (100 Hokkien; 56 non-Hokkien Chinese). The results showed that the vitality of Hokkien in Penang is at EGIDS Level 6b (Threatened). The identity function of Hokkien in Penang is that of a home language, and children are the youngest generation of Hokkien speakers. The stability of the diglossic situation between Hokkien and Mandarin has been disrupted due to Mandarin encroaching into oral domains of language use, particularly the friendship and education domains. Both Hokkien and non-Hokkien teenagers have positive attitudes towards Hokkien. Chinese educational background is the only social factor that makes a significant difference in Hokkien usage among the Chinese teenagers, while gender, socio-economic status and language attitudes have no significant effect on Hokkien usage. In view of this, institutional support for Mandarin is the most important structural factor that has a clear, but adverse, impact on Hokkien usage. Hokkien cannot compete with the functions of Mandarin as a marker of Chinese identity in Malaysia, a gateway to career and business opportunities, and a global language within the Chinese diaspora.

scholarly journals Language Perceptions and Communication in the Baghdad Turkmen Community

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
Bader Saed Dweik ◽  
Sara Najim Al-Rahal
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Public Places ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Ethnic Language ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social Domains ◽  
Demographic Background ◽  
At Home

The purpose of this study is to investigate the domains of use of the Turkmen language and Arabic in Baghdad and to explore attitudes towards Turkmen and Arabic. A sample, comprising (100) subjects from the Turkmen of Baghdad, is selected purposefully to fill out a sociolinguistic questionnaire to solicit information about the participants' demographic background, language use in different contexts and language attitudes towards the ethnic language, Turkmen and the mainstream language, Arabic. The results have revealed that the Turkmen of Baghdad use their ethnic language in different domains especially at home and among the family members. Also, they use both languages (their ethnic language and Arabic) in different social domains such as neighborhood, place of work, schools, media and other public places and have displayed positive attitudes towards Turkmen and Arabic alike.

Language attitudes toward Northeastern Mandarin and Putonghua (PTH) by young professionals

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunsheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Northeast China ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Young Professionals ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Lower Status ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Personal Qualities

This study examines the language attitudes of young professionals in three cities in China towards Northeastern Mandarin (NEM) and Putonghua (PTH) (i.e., the standard language in China). It confirms that NEM has lower status as compared to PTH. However, the young professionals in Northeast China rated the NEM speaker higher than the PTH speaker in most qualities, attesting to the empathy and solidarity of native speakers toward their own variety of language. The northeastern professionals also rated the NEM speaker lower in some personal qualities, implying that the northeastern professionals’ awareness of the stereotypes associated with NEM and the prestige associated with PTH. The findings show that language attitude is directly linked to socio-economic status and that speakers of the low variety of a language may develop complicated language attitudes when negotiating their language use and identity in social interaction.

Gender, language attitudes, and language status in Ukraine

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
LAADA BILANIUK
Keyword(s):  
Language Use ◽  
Social Power ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
Cultural Ideologies ◽  
Socioeconomic Changes ◽  
Attitude Test ◽  
Economic Forces ◽  
Language Attitude ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Economic Motives

This article examines gender and language in post-Soviet Ukraine, where language laws and turbulent socioeconomic changes are affecting language use. It discusses ideologies of gender, language, and ethnicity in Ukraine and assesses the significance of gender in shaping stances toward three competing languages, Ukrainian, Russian, and English. The analysis focuses on language ideologies and attitudes, based on survey and matched-guise language attitude test data. Two kinds of explanations for the gendered patterning are considered: first, how socialization and cultural ideologies of women's relationship to language shape the attitudes documented; and second, how political/economic forces (differences in possibilities for social power and social advancement linked to language use) lead men and women to benefit from different strategies in their use and valuation of linguistic capital. It is shown that, while sociocultural and political/economic forces reinforce each other in some cases, in others they contradict each other, with economic motives prevailing over cultural paradigms of traditionalism.

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