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The secret life of languages. Origin-specific differences in L1/L2 acquisition by immigrant children
Katharina Brizić 1
  1 University of Vienna
Correspondence to e-mail: katharina.brizic@chello.at
Copyright © The Author
Journal compilation © 2006 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
KEYWORDS
immigrant children • L1/L2 acquisition • language policies • language shift • Turkey • Yugoslavia
KEYWORDS
Migrantenkinder • L1/L2-Erwerb • Sprach(en)politik • Sprachwechsel • Türkei • Jugoslawien

ABSTRACT

Focussing on Turkish immigrant children, in whom weak L1/L2 performance has repeatedly been reported, the article aims at providing explanations for origin-specific differences between the L1/L2 acquisition of immigrant children from Turkey and former Yugoslavia living in Austria. The discussion focuses on the countries of origin, taking into account particularly their policies on (minority) language(s) and education. The resulting new explanatory model integrates approaches from socio- and psycholinguistics as well as language attrition studies, sociology and pedagogy. This model is applied to a sample of 60 primary school immigrant children from the two countries of origin. Because of their interdisciplinary and specifically language-political character, the results may have considerable implications for further research as well as educational and political practice.

ABSTRACT

Der vorliegende Artikel hat zum Ziel, mōgliche Erklärungen für bislang ungeklärte herkunftsspezifische Unterschiede im L1- und L2-Erwerb von in Österreich lebenden Migrantenkindern aus der Türkei und dem ehemaligen Jugoslawien zu bieten. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit wird dabei dem Herkunftskontext, und hier v.a. der Sprach(en)- und Minderheitenpolitik der Herkunftsländer, geschenkt. Das daraus resultierende Modell beruht auf Ansätzen aus Psycho- und Soziolinguistik sowie Sprachtodforschung, Soziologie und Erziehungswissenschaft. In einer empirischen Studie wird das neue Modell erstmals auf 60 Migrantenkinder aus der Türkei und dem ehemaligen Jugoslawien angewendet. Aufgrund des interdisziplinären und spezifisch sprach(en)politischen Charakters der Untersuchungsergebnisse ergeben sich daraus Empfehlungen nicht nur für die verschiedenen Gebiete der Migrationsforschung, sondern besonders auch für die Ebene der schulischen und bildungspolitischen Praxis.


[Final version received: 20/4/06]

DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI)
10.1111/j.1473-4192.2006.00122.x About DOI

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