Parental Attitudes to Bilingual Education of Children in German-Chinese Families
Language is one of the major ways in which culture is manifested. One can only get inside a culture if one is able to speak, read or write in its language. The earlier one starts to learn a language, the easier it will be. In this context, children from bi-national families are not consciously lea...
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Language is one of the major ways in which culture is manifested. One can only get inside a culture if one is able to speak, read or write in its language. The earlier one starts to learn a language, the easier it will be. In this context, children from bi-national families are not consciously learning a second language but have to face the two cultures and the two languages of their parents simultaneously and unconsciously from birth. Therefore, it would seem that children from bi-national families have the best opportunity to master the two languages. This article focuses on the way parents from ten German-Chinese families living in Germany or China deal with this issue.
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| spelling | doaj.art-59ae0dc07afc4044ba9b9dc60ac754d22024-01-05T11:18:11ZengIDE JournalInternational Dialogues on Education: Past and Present2198-59442014-11-011310.53308/ide.v1i3.213Parental Attitudes to Bilingual Education of Children in German-Chinese FamiliesChong Jiong Wang0Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg Language is one of the major ways in which culture is manifested. One can only get inside a culture if one is able to speak, read or write in its language. The earlier one starts to learn a language, the easier it will be. In this context, children from bi-national families are not consciously learning a second language but have to face the two cultures and the two languages of their parents simultaneously and unconsciously from birth. Therefore, it would seem that children from bi-national families have the best opportunity to master the two languages. This article focuses on the way parents from ten German-Chinese families living in Germany or China deal with this issue. https://www.idejournal.org/index.php/ide/article/view/213bilingual education, bi-national families, familial education, Germany, PR China |
| spellingShingle | Chong Jiong Wang Parental Attitudes to Bilingual Education of Children in German-Chinese Families International Dialogues on Education: Past and Present bilingual education, bi-national families, familial education, Germany, PR China |
| title | Parental Attitudes to Bilingual Education of Children in German-Chinese Families |
| title_full | Parental Attitudes to Bilingual Education of Children in German-Chinese Families |
| title_fullStr | Parental Attitudes to Bilingual Education of Children in German-Chinese Families |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parental Attitudes to Bilingual Education of Children in German-Chinese Families |
| title_short | Parental Attitudes to Bilingual Education of Children in German-Chinese Families |
| title_sort | parental attitudes to bilingual education of children in german chinese families |
| topic | bilingual education, bi-national families, familial education, Germany, PR China |
| url | https://www.idejournal.org/index.php/ide/article/view/213 |
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