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Publication details [#64580]

Curdt-Christiansen, Xiao Lan and Francesca La Morgia. 2018. Managing heritage language development: Opportunities and challenges for Chinese, Italian and Pakistani Urdu-speaking families in the UK. Multilingua 37 (2) : 177–200.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

family conversation | language policy | language use | literacy | multilingualism

Language as a subject

Chinese | English | Italian | Urdu

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/MULT/html

Annotation

Using family language policy and literacy environment theories, this paper examines and describes how family language policy is managed via literacy resources and literacy linked activities in transnational families in the UK, each having at least one child between the age of 2 and 8. The children spoke English alongside their heritage/home language (HL), either Chinese, Italian, or Urdu.