Bilingualism among preschool children: parents' perceptions on ethnic language maintenance
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Το ζήτημα της διγλωσσίας είναι κάτι που απασχολεί πολλούς μετανάστες γονείς, οι οποίοι ζουν στην Ελλάδα και έχουν παιδιά που φοιτούν σε ελληνικά σχολεία. Η βασική τους ανησυχία είναι η εκμάθηση των ελληνικών, ήδη κατά τη διάρκεια φοίτησης των παιδιών στις τάξεις του νηπιαγωγείου, σε συνδυασμό με την διατήρηση της εθνοτικής τους γλώσσας. Στην παρούσα εργασία διερευνάται η στάση γονέων δίγλωσσων παιδιών προσχολικής ηλικίας, σχετικά με τη διατήρηση της εθνοτικής γλώσσας στην επόμενη γενιά. Η έρευνα βασίζεται σε ημιδομημένες συνεντεύξεις με δεκαπέντε (15) γονείς, που κατάγονται από διάφορες χώρες της Ευρώπης, αλλά και την Αυστραλία. Όπως διαπιστώθηκε από τα ευρήματα της έρευνας, οι περισσότεροι γονείς θέτουν ως βασική προτεραιότητα του οικογενειακού γλωσσικού προγραμματισμού τους την εκμάθηση των ελληνικών, καθώς είναι η γλώσσα καθημερινής επικοινωνίας των παιδιών. Ωστόσο, σχετικά με τη διατήρηση της εθνοτικής γλώσσας στο οικογενειακό περιβάλλον παρατηρούνται διαφοροποιήσεις ανάμεσα στους γονείς, οι οποίες αναλύονται και ερμηνεύονται στην παρούσα εργασία.
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Μαλιγκούδη Χ., & Αραβαντινού-Λιανού Μ. (2021). Bilingualism among preschool children: parents’ perceptions on ethnic language maintenance. Preschool and Primary Education, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.12681/ppej.25205
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