Family language dynamics – empowering speakers of majority and heritage languages

我们项目的主要目标是传授在RUEG研究小组获得的有研究背景的知识和对讲传统语言的人的见解，并开发教育资源，特别侧重于多语言家庭和多语言儿童和青少年的教师，包括为教师开设的具体大学课程。主要结果与非规范语法模式有关，即传统说话者在两种语言中的语言发展、交际环境的作用以及语言接触对语言和说话者的影响。与两个应用程序合作伙伴共同开发的教育资源旨在帮助教师和家长了解新兴的语法模式，这些模式通常适用于多语言和单语言环境，与语言习得、家庭语言政策和语言社会化相关。通过向家长和专业人员提供加强对语言的反思和解决家庭语言政策问题的材料，我们希望能够成功和有效地接触到父母，使他们特别熟悉和感兴趣与其子女有关的语言问题。MPT的材料和产出包括一个开放访问的多语种网站和样本讲习班课程，包括五个模块：M(1)关于语言、语言习得和使用的基本知识；M(2)语言在接触情况下如何变化，RUEG语言的具体调查结果；M(3)说多种语言的人的传记经历；M(4)关于社会语言的神话/话语，以及M(5)研究自己的语言传记、家庭和社区语言，也适合在课堂上使用。为了说明相关现象，PT将与非学术合作伙伴合作，制作无障碍文本和信息性图表，以及音频特写和视频。对于那些有兴趣使用这些资源的人，将就如何为不同的目标群体选择和组合不同类型的材料以及学校董事会、学校和大学证书课程的官方资格计划提出建议。转移项目的模块结构和具体目标产出也将与幼儿保育、社会工作和医疗专业的专业人员有关。我们将把重点放在德国，有可能与德国以外的合作伙伴共享教育资源。

Our project’s main objective is the transfer of researched-backed knowledge and insights on heritage language speakers gained in the research group RUEG and the development of educational resources, with a special focus on multilingual families and teachers of multilingual children and adolescents, including specific university courses for teachers. The main results are linked to non-canonical grammatical patterns, namely linguistic developments in heritage speakers’ production in both their languages, the role of communicative situations , and the impact of language contact on languages and speakers. The educational resources developed together with two application partners are geared to helping teachers and parents understand emerging grammatical patterns typical for multilingual and monolingual contexts, relevant for language acquisition, family language policy, and language socialisation. By providing parents and professionals with materials enhancing reflection about languages and addressing family language policy questions, we expect to successfully and effectively reach parents in contexts where they are particularly attuned to and interested in language issues concerning their children. The material and output of Pt consist of an open-access, multilingual website and curricula for sample workshops, covering five modules: M(1) basic knowledge about languages, language acquisition and use; M(2) how languages change in contact situations, specific findings from the RUEG languages; M(3) biographical experience of multilingual speakers; M(4) myths/discourse about languages in society, and M(5) researching one’s own language biography, family and community languages, also suitable for use in the classroom. In order to illustrate relevant phenomena, Pt will produce accessible texts and informational graphics, as well as audio features and videos in cooperation with non-academic partners. For those interested in using the resources, suggestions will be made on how to select and combine types of material for different target groups and official qualification programs of school boards, schools and certificate courses of universities. The modular structure and target-specific output of the transfer project will also be relevant for professionals in early childcare, social work, and medical professions. Our focus will be on Germany, with the possibility of sharing educational resources with partners outside of Germany.