Tünde Szécsi

Biographic Data

ID6520899
NAMETünde Szécsi
GIVEN NAMESTünde
FAMILY NAMESzécsi
SIGNATURESZÉCSI T
AFFILIATIONSFlorida Gulf Coast University
ORCID0000-0002-1712-8954
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Perceptions of Teachers and Spanish-English Speaking Adolescents on Bilingualism and Heritage Language Maintenance

    Debra A Giambo, Tünde Szécsi et al.ARTICLEThe Educational Forum2024

    This qualitative phenomenological study explores teachers’ and bilingual adolescents’ views about heritage language (HL) maintenance and bilingualism. Interviews with twelve teachers and twelve students revealed limited value for bilingualism. English dominance overshadowed the importance of bilingualism and HL maintenance. Findings reveal the lack of institutional support for HL and possibilities of cultural and linguistic decimation in Florida,…

  • Translanguaging in Family Communication: Hungarian American Parents’ Perspectives

    Open AccessJanka Szilágyi, Tünde SzécsiARTICLEHungarian Cultural Studies2023

    This paper reports on a phenomenological study that examined Hungarian American parents’ perceptions and practices related to translanguaging—a systematic scaffolding strategy that utilizes multiple linguistic repertoires to facilitate competence and performance in two or more language—in family communication. We used semistructured interviews with questions related to language use, parents’ reactions to translanguaging, and their perceptions of …

  • Why and How to Maintain the Hungarian Language: Hungarian-American Families’ Views on Heritage Language Practices

    Janka Szilágyi, Tünde SzécsiARTICLEHeritage Language Journal2020

    The purpose of this study was to explore immigrant Hungarian-American parents’ perceptions on heritage language (HL) maintenance. We developed an online survey including Likert-type and open questions, which was completed by 101 participants. First, we used factor analysis to investigate the constructs of parents’ views about HL maintenance, and multiple regression analyses to examine what factors predicted the specific constructs of parents’ vie…

  • Attitudes and Beliefs of Teacher Candidates Regarding Heritage Language Maintenance

    Tünde Szécsi, Janka Szilágyi et al.ARTICLEHeritage Language Journal2015

    This paper reports on the findings of an investigation that explored teacher candidates’ (TCs) attitudes and beliefs about heritage language (HL) maintenance and variables that may predict their attitudes and beliefs. The participants were 270 TCs in Southwest Florida who completed an on-line survey with Likert-type statements and open-ended questions. Quantitative data was analyzed using factor analysis followed by linear multiple regression ana…

  • Immigrant Hungarian families' perceptions of new media technologies in the transmission of heritage language and culture

    Tünde Szécsi, Janka SzilágyiARTICLELanguage Culture and Curriculum2012Cited by: 6References: 5

    The goal of this research was to explore thoroughly the perceptions of dispersed immigrant professionals and their bilingual and bicultural children regarding the place of new media technology in their lives. Open-ended interviewing and autoethnography were used to explore families' perceptions of the role of media technology in their children's development and maintenance of heritage language (HL) skills, relationships with relatives in the heri…