Family language practices of Kazakh immigrant families in the United States
Hailati, Munila
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Title
Family language practices of Kazakh immigrant families in the United States
Author(s)
Hailati, Munila
Issue Date
2021-06-15
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Pak, Yoon
Committee Member(s)
Kang, Hyun-Sook
Dávila, Liv T
Department of Study
Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp
Discipline
Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
Immigrant
family language policy
heritage language
Abstract
Guided by the theoretical framework of family language policy, this project aims explore Kazakh immigrants’ family language ideologies, managements, and practices in the United States. Using the semi-structured interview approach, data were collected from three Kazakh immigrant families in Southern California. The findings presents that, Kazakh immigrants’ heritage language decision and language ideology impacted by parents’ language education experiences and ethnic identity, as well as the possibility of broadening social networks and professional opportunity by the given language. The research indicated home instruction and online class are common ways of learning heritage language for them. Also, their multilingual identity yields frequent code-switching and code-mixing language practices at home domain. The research provides a nuanced perspective on the diversity of Kazakh immigrants’ ethnolinguistic identity and family language patterns in the United States.
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