An asymmetrical partnership

The shifting onus of Hmong heritage language teaching from families to dual‐language programs

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21360132
AutoresLee Her (0000-0002-9718-2570, The Department of Education and Human Services, College of Education Lehigh University Bethlehem Pennsylvania USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2024
Volume108
Fascículo4
Páginas866-887
Data de publicação2024-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoModern Language Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0026-7902 • E-ISSN: 1540-4781
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/modl.12961
OpenAlexW4403915083
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas41

Framed by family language policy (FLP), in conjunction with the Douglas Fir Group's ecological transdisciplinary framework for second language acquisition, this multiple case study investigates the FLPs of two Hmong–American families in relation to a Hmong–English dual‐language program (DLP) where their children are enrolled. Interviews, artifacts, and family‐recorded interactions were utilized to get a full understanding of what factors at the different levels of interaction shaped their FLP. The findings reveal that both sets of parents perceived the relationship between the home and school as a partnership for their children's heritage language development, with the school taking on the onus for Hmong literacy. This resulted in both families’ more secondary role and, thus, home language practices that merely supplement the school content. Importantly, while both sets of parents held similar beliefs regarding the role of the DLP in heritage language maintenance, it was their beliefs in the value of Hmong that led to the different FLPs between the families. The article concludes with limitations and implications for schools interested in wanting to better serve their heritage language learners and families

Dual (grammatical number) · Dual language · General partnership · Heritage language · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Second Language Learning and Teaching