Language Socialization in Bilingual and Multilingual Societies

by Bayley, Robert; Schecter, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9781853596360
• ISBN10: 1853596361
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-14
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

An exploration of language socialization from very early childhood through to adulthood, not only in often-studied communities in Canada and the United States, but also in Australia, Bolivia, Egypt, India and Slovakia. The global perspective gained by the inclusion of studies of communities representing every inhabited continent provides readers with an indication of the richness of the field as well as a guide for future work.

Author Biography

Robert Bayley is Professor of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he specializes in sociolinguistics and second language acquisition. He is co-author of Sociolinguistic Variation in American Sign Language (Gallaudet UP, 2001) and Language as Cultural Practice (Erlbaum, 2002).Sandra R. Schecter is Associate Professor of Education and Women's Studies at York University in Toronto, where she teaches courses in language pedagogy, communication and research methods. An ethnolinguist, she is co-author of Language as Cultural Practice (Erlbaum, 2002) and co-editor of On Becoming a Language Educator (Erlbaum, 1997).

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Preface and Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction: Toward a Dynamic Model of Language Socialization	1	(8)
Robert Bayley
Sandra R. Schecter
Part 1: Language Socialization at Home
Transforming Perspectives on Bilingual Language Socialization	9	(16)
Lucinda Pease-Alvarez
Weaving Languages Together: Family Language Policy and Gender Socialization in Bilingual Aymara Households	25	(19)
Aurolyn Luykx
Collaborative Literacy in a Mexican Immigrant Household: The Role of Sibling Mediators in the Socialization of Pre-School Learners	44	(18)
Maria de la Piedra
Harriett D. Romo
Growing up Trilingual in Montreal: Perceptions of College Students	62	(21)
Patricia Lamarre
Josefina Rossell Paredes
Part 2: Language Socialization at School
Representational Practices and Multi-modal Communication in US High Schools: Implications for Adolescent Immigrants	83	(15)
Linda Harklau
Engaging in an Authentic Science Project: Appropriating, Resisting, and Denying ``Scientific'' Identities	98	(16)
KimMarie Cole
Jane Zuengler
Interrupted by Silences: The Contemporary Education of Hong Kong-born Chinese Canadians	114	(14)
Gordon Pon
Tara Goldstein
Sandra R. Schecter
Novices and Their Speech Roles in Chinese Heritage Language Classes	128	(19)
Agnes Weiyun He
Language Socialization and Dys-socialization in a South Indian College	147	(18)
Dwight Atkinson
Part 3: Language Socialization in Communities & Peer Groups
Language Socialization and Second Language Acquisition in a Multilingual Arctic Quebec Community	165	(17)
Donna Patrick
Growing a Banyavirag (Rock Crystal) on Barren Soil: Forming a Hungarian Identity in Eastern Slovakia through Joint (Inter)action	182	(18)
Juliet Langman
Multiliteracies in Springvale: Negotiating Language, Culture and Identity in Suburban Melbourne	200	(18)
Heather Lotherington
Terms of Desire: Are There Lesbians in Egypt?	218	(17)
Didi Khayatt
Part 4: Language Socialization in the Workplace
Language Dynamics in the Bi- and Multilingual Workplace	235	(16)
Christopher McAll
Back to School: Learning Practices in a Job Retaining Community	251	(18)
Jill Sinclair Bell
Bilingualism and Standardization in a Canadian Call Center: Challenges for a Linguistic Minority Community	269	(17)
Sylvie Roy
References	286	(20)
Index	306