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Article published In: Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 32:2 (2019) ► pp.391–418

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Actitudes y papel de los padres en la transmisión y en el aprendizaje del español como lengua minoritaria en dos tipos de enseñanza bilingüe en Finlandia

 | University of Turku

Article language: Spanish

Published online: 5 November 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/resla.17007.ans
Resumen
En este estudio se analiza, por un lado, el beneficio de ser bilingüe y, por otro, cómo las familias planifican este hecho y qué actitudes motivacionales (instrumentales o integrativas) llevan a los padres a inscribir a sus hijos en programas de enseñanza bilingüe. Los datos se han obtenido mediante cuestionarios y entrevistas a los padres de alumnos de dos tipos de programas bilingües finés-español en Finlandia. El análisis muestra el papel destacado de la madre en el mantenimiento y aprendizaje de la lengua minoritaria incluso cuando no es su lengua nativa, así como el papel del padre y subraya, además, cómo los matrimonios mixtos facilitan el proceso de aprendizaje de la lengua minoritaria. Los resultados describen un patrón determinado de familia y el uso de la lengua minoritaria en el hogar.
Abstract
Parental role and attitudes in the transmission and learning of Spanish as a minority language in two types of approaches to bilingual education in Finland
In this study we analyze, on the one hand, the benefit of being bilingual and, on the other, how families plan for their children to become bilingual, and what motivational attitudes (instrumental or integrative) lead parents to enroll their children in bilingual education programmes. The data have been obtained through questionnaires and interviews with the parents of students who attend two types of bilingual (Finnish-Spanish) programmes in Finland. The analysis shows the mother’s role in the maintenance and learning of the minority language even when it is not her native tongue, as well as the father’s role, and emphasizes how mixed marriages facilitate the learning of the minority language. The results describe a specific family pattern and the use of the minority language at home.
Article outline
  • 1.Introducción
  • 2.Ser bilingüe: Papel y actitud de los padres
  • 3.El estudio
    • 3.1Participantes y contextos
    • 3.2Metodología
  • 4.Análisis y resultados
    • 4.1Descripción de las familias
      • 4.1.1Procedencia de los padres
      • 4.1.2Lengua materna
      • 4.1.3Nivel académico de los padres
    • 4.2Uso de la lengua
      • 4.2.1Lengua hablada en el marco del hogar
      • 4.2.2Dirección de la interacción: Del niño a los familiares
      • 4.2.3Dirección de la interacción: De los familiares al niño
      • 4.2.4Lengua hablada en la escuela fuera del aula
    • 4.3Actitudes y papel de los padres en el aprendizaje lingüístico
  • 5.Conclusiones
  • Notas
  • References
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