Distinct pathways from parental cultural orientation to young children's bilingual development
Distinct pathways from parental cultural orientation to young children's bilingual development
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DOI：
10.1016/j.appdev.2012.07.002
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发表时间：
2012-09-01
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3
通讯作者：
Lau, Anna S.
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作者：
Tsai, Kim M.;Park, Heejung;Lau, Anna S.
在移民家庭中，父母是向子女传授文化习俗的重要社会化媒介，包括使用传统语言。在目前的研究中，我们研究了父母的文化取向是否有利于儿童（N = 79; M-年龄= 5.11岁; 57%的男孩; 50%就读于HL学校）HL和英语水平，通过父母的文化维护值或HL使用。而父母的一般承诺，促进文化维护是不能预测儿童的HL熟练程度，HL使用与他们的孩子的具体做法支持儿童的HL发展，而不会对他们的英语水平产生不利影响。父母的美国文化取向与儿童的HL发展无关。研究结果表明，HL使用的具体做法，而不是一般的文化维护价值观，代表的联系，父母的民族文化取向可能会支持儿童的HL发展。(C)2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Among immigrant families, parents are important socialization agents in transmitting cultural practices to their children, including the use of the heritage language (HL). In the current study, we examined whether parents' cultural orientation facilitates children's (N = 79; M-age = 5.11 years; 57% boys; 50% enrolled in HL schools) HL and English proficiency through either parents' cultural maintenance values or HL use. Whereas parents' general commitment to promoting cultural maintenance was not predictive of children's HL proficiency, the specific practice of HL use with their children supported children's HL development without adversely affecting their English proficiency. Parents' American cultural orientation was not related to children's HL development. Findings suggest that the specific practice of HL use, rather than general cultural maintenance values, represents the link by which parents' ethnic cultural orientation might support children's HL development. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.