Class Habitus

Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Parents' Investment in Their Newcomer Adolescents' L2 Acquisition and Social Integration

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2280554
AutoresXia Chao (0000-0001-8866-5178, University of Alabama, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume44
Fascículo1
Páginas58-74
Data de publicação2013-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAnthropology & Education Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0161-7761 • E-ISSN: 1548-1492
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1548-1492.2012.01179.x
OpenAlexW2132685467
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas36

This ethnographic case study explores how two middle-class Chinese immigrant parents in a southeastern U.S. city facilitate their newcomer adolescents' second language acquisition and social integration. Data show that parents' inadequate English proficiency may not be a fixed constraining factor; their class habitus and cultural capital may enable them to work as change agents in their adolescents' integration process. This study highlights the positive impact of parents' active social integration on that of their adolescents. [middle-class Chinese immigrant parents, class habitus, newcomer adolescents, L2 acquisition, social integration

Cultural capital · Ethnography · Habitus · Immigration · Middle class · Political science · Social capital · Social class · Social integration · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Multilingual Education and Policy · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology