Does family language matter? The role of foreign language use and family social capital in the educational achievement of immigrant students in Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2147222 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernadette Strobel (University of Bamberg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Pages | 2641-2663 |
| Publication date | 2016-11-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnic and Racial Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0141-9870 • E-ISSN: 1466-4356 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01419870.2016.1145712 |
| OpenAlex | W2297072481 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 41 |
The role of ethnic resources in the educational success of immigrants is highly disputed. Combining arguments of segmented assimilation and Coleman's concept of family social capital, this study investigates whether speaking one's language of origin at home relates to achievement by facilitating the mobilization of resources or their transmission from parents to children. Mediating and moderating mechanisms are disentangled and empirically questioned in regression models that predict the mathematical competences of immigrant students from Turkey, Poland and the former Soviet Union. Based on data from the German National Educational Panel Study, the results contradict the assumption that foreign language use will contribute to education through mechanisms of social capital. Regardless of parental human capital or the group of origin, the language used at home does not affect the students' learning when German language proficiency is accounted for
Affect (linguistics · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Ethnic group · Foreign language · German · Human capital · Immigration · Language acquisition · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Social capital · Social mobility · Social science · Sociology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Law · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |