Israel's English Speaking Immigrant Parents' Family Language Policy Management: Language in the Education Domain

Abstract

This study investigated family language policy (FLP) in the education domain by the English speaking immigrant community in Israel. In this study 232 parents completed the questionnaire on the availability of bilingual and/or English speaking preschools and/or kindergartens to them, their choice of linguistic environment for their children, and motives behind these choices, their attitudes toward bilingualism and toward English and Hebrew presence in their lives. About half of the parents reported not having bilingual and English only early education options for their children. Although most participants chose Hebrew early education settings, majority of those who reported having a choice, did select an alternative option for their child/children. Attitudes of parents in our sample were largely positive toward bilingualism and immersion programs. We found that, regardless of their attitude toward the amount of Hebrew and English in their lives, most parents' motivation in selection of early education settings was not emotionally driven, but rather logical and perhaps instrumental. Our findings point to complex motivational and attitudinal approaches of parents in selection of early education's linguistic environment for their children and the need for more bilingual and English early education settings in different parts of Israel to cater to this community.

Socialization of Language Through Family Language Policy: A Case Study

“…Much of the research on the infl uence of background factors on language maintenance and bilingual development has been conducted with bilingual children where one of the languages is English, present study included (Paradis, 2010;Hoff , 2006), however, the focus has mostly been on English as the target and majority language. Few studies have focused on English as a heritage language (HL) (De Houwer, 1985;Lanza, 1997), and even fewer on English as a HL in Israel (Lewine, 1987;, 2013. To our knowledge, the present study is the fi rst of its kind, focusing on English as a HL in Israel as viewed through the experiences of a single-family unit utilizing a Family Language Policy (FLP) lens.…”

Heritage Language Maintenance among Native English Speakers Living in Israel

“…This case study is part of a series of articles examining the issue of Heritage Language (HL) maintenance in the English speaking community residing in Israel. In our previous study (Kayam and Hirsch, 2013) we examined the Family Language Policy (FLP) of a family where the mother's mother tongue was English and the father's Hebrew. In this current study we examined a family where both the mother and father are native English speakers raised in the United States who moved to Israel in 1977 and 1981 respectively.…”

Mercado Linguístico Familiar: Gerenciamento De Línguas Em Uma Família Sul-Coreana

“…Plurilíngues (KING;FOGLE;LOGAN-TERRY, 2008;SPOLSKY, 2012;FOGLE; KING, 2013, entre outros (SPOLSKY, 2007;2009), as well as the implications of Family Language Policy in multilingual settings (KING;FOGLE;LOGAN-TERRY, 2008;SPOLSKY, 2012;FOGLE; KING, 2013, among others …”

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RESUMO Este artigo tem como objetivo discutir o gerenciamento linguístico empreendido por uma mãe da comunidade sul-coreana de trabalhadores transplantados residente na (SPOLSKY, 2007;2009)

, bem como das implicações de Políticas Linguísticas Familiares em ContextosPlurilíngues (KING;FOGLE;LOGAN-TERRY, 2008;SPOLSKY, 2012;FOGLE; KING, 2013, entre outros (SPOLSKY, 2007;2009), as well as the implications of Family Language Policy in multilingual settings (KING;FOGLE;LOGAN-TERRY, 2008;SPOLSKY, 2012;FOGLE; KING, 2013, among others

ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to reflect upon ongoing language management held by a mother from a community of South Korean transplanted workers located in Campinas Metropolitan Area, based on her representations about the languages that are part of the linguistic repertoire of her family members (Korean, Portuguese and English). The data was generated throughout individual semi-structured interviews, recorded in digital audio.

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