My heritage language defines me in a way”
Exploring the meaning of language in foster care
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 8132018 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Marte Knag Fylkesnes (0000-0002-3421-1768, Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health, autor de correspondencia), Ingrid Höjer (0000-0002-4584-1917, University of Gothenburg), Ragnhild Hollekim (0000-0002-0456-0852, University of Bergen) |
| Año | 2026 |
| Volumen | 33 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 415-433 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2026-03-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Childhood (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09075682261433390 |
| OpenAlex | W7134916104 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Referencias citadas | 36 |
The article explores how children with migrant backgrounds, placed in foster care, perceive and navigate heritage language maintenance. We analyse qualitative interviews with 14 children and 27 foster carers in Norway and Sweden. Findings indicate that language is significant for children’s social identity and opportunities to establish a sense of home, across foster and birth families. Heritage language maintenance, however, may be hindered due to a lack of support. We argue that children’s linguistic rights may be strengthened through transforming how language is conceptualized and attended to through welfare practices
Foster care · Heritage language · Identity (music · Meaning (existential · Minority language · Qualitative research · Welfare · Child Welfare and Adoption · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Multilingual Education and Policy
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Talking about pictures
The ecosystems perspective in social work
Foster children's views of their birth parents
Navigating Ethnic Stigmatisation in the Educational Setting
Constructing the multilingual child
Mother tongue instruction in Sweden and Denmark
Ecologies of Heritage Language Learning in a Multilingual Swedish School
The Role of Heritage Language Development in the Ethnic Identity and Family Relationships of Adolescents from Immigrant Backgrounds
Significant Considerations When Matching Foster Families and Children With Migrant Backgrounds
Recurrence, eruptions, and a transnational turn
History of Child Welfare
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Connections worth keeping? – Language and sociocultural practices in the imagined future of Polish teenagers in Norway
Listening to Advice from Young People in Foster Care—From Participation to Belonging
Language use on the move
Relational and cultural continuity for children in foster care; A critical exploration of national policies in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Ireland and Scotland
Linguistic racism
A Space for Motherhood? Contact Visits from the Perspectives of Mothers with Migration Experiences
If you don't speak Norwegian well, they think you are stupid
The negotiation of culture in foster care placements for separated refugee and asylum seeking young people in Ireland and England
Motion squared
Invisible Fences
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
|---|---|
| Altamente citado | No |