Welsh-Medium Education: Exploring the attitudes, beliefs and experiences of parents and pupils from non-Welsh speaking households.

这项研究的目的是系统地了解来自非威尔士语家庭的父母和孩子对威尔士和威尔士媒体教育(WME)的态度、信念和经历，以便更好地了解威尔士议会政府(WAG)的政策。之前的研究已经认识到父母的动机在告知WAG的威尔士语政策方面的重要性，以及孩子长大后在这些决定中的自主性。然而，越来越多的年轻威尔士语者并不来自讲威尔士语的家庭，而且缺乏专门关注他们父母和他们自己对威尔士语的态度和信仰以及他们对WME的经历的文学作品。因此，一份关于年轻的说威尔士语的人和父母对威尔士语的看法以及WME的经历的最新报告可能会为WAG未来的语言政策提供重要的基础，这些政策更全面，更包容“新讲威尔士语”的观点(O‘Rourke等人，2015年第1页)。来自威尔士东南部英语化地区的约450名父母和儿童的样本将提供非威尔士语父母和新说话者的态度、信仰和经历的全面概述。数据将通过问卷调查、半结构化访谈和参与性研究来收集。定量数据将使用描述性和推论技术进行分析，定性数据将使用专题分析进行分析。这将提供对非威尔士语家长和新发言者关于WME的独特动机、挑战和经验的深入了解，这可以用来根据他们的需求定制政策，并加强WAG当前的语言振兴政策。

The aim of this research is to develop a systematic understandingof the attitudes, beliefs, and experiences of parents and childrenfrom non-Welsh speaking households towards Welsh and Welshmediumeducation (WME) to better inform Welsh AssemblyGovernment (WAG) policy. Previous research has recognised theimportance of parents' motivations in informing WAG's Welshlanguage policy and the autonomy of children in these decisions asthey get older. However, an increasing number of young Welshspeakersdo not come from Welsh speaking households and thereis a dearth of literature focusing uniquely on their parents' andtheir own attitudes and beliefs about the Welsh language, andtheir experiences of WME. Therefore, an updated account ofyoung Welsh speakers' and parents' beliefs about the Welshlanguage and experiences of WME could provide an importantbasis for WAG's future language policies, that are morecomprehensive and inclusive of 'new speaker' (O'Rourke et al.,2015 p. 1) perspectives. A sample of approximately 450 parentsand children from the anglicised area of Southeast Wales willprovide a comprehensive overview of non-Welsh speaking parentsand new speakers' attitudes, beliefs, and experiences. Data will becollected via questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, andparticipatory research. Quantitative data will be analysed usingdescriptive and inferential techniques and qualitative data will beanalysed using thematic analysis. This will provide a deeperunderstanding of non-Welsh speaking parents and new speakers'unique motivations, challenges and experiences regarding WME,which could be used to tailor policy to their needs and strengthenWAG's current language revitalisation policies.