Growing up in a Ukrainian Bilingual Community: Families’ Daily Practices and Educational Environment

The article analyses the language situation in Ukraine before the beginning of Russian military aggression in February 2022. The data reflect the language practices of Kyiv families with preschool age children. The sociolinguistic study shows the use of different languages, primarily Ukrainian and...

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Main Author: Olha Shevchuk-Kliuzheva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences 2023-12-01
Series:Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives
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Online Access:https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/cs-ec/article/view/2860
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description The article analyses the language situation in Ukraine before the beginning of Russian military aggression in February 2022. The data reflect the language practices of Kyiv families with preschool age children. The sociolinguistic study shows the use of different languages, primarily Ukrainian and Russian, in families raising children of this age group. The author traced the correlation between parents' language behaviour and children's language practices. This article examines bilingualism in the context of the daily language practices of children and families. The author pays attention to the sociolinguistic aspects of the Ukrainian language used in the formal and non-formal communication of Kyiv's preschool children.
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spelling doaj.art-d717192a2c904959be4d82be3860a7392024-01-08T12:45:21ZengInstitute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of SciencesCognitive Studies | Études cognitives2392-23972023-12-012310.11649/cs.2860Growing up in a Ukrainian Bilingual Community: Families’ Daily Practices and Educational EnvironmentOlha Shevchuk-Kliuzheva0Київський університет імені Бориса Грінченка [Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University], Kyiv The article analyses the language situation in Ukraine before the beginning of Russian military aggression in February 2022. The data reflect the language practices of Kyiv families with preschool age children. The sociolinguistic study shows the use of different languages, primarily Ukrainian and Russian, in families raising children of this age group. The author traced the correlation between parents' language behaviour and children's language practices. This article examines bilingualism in the context of the daily language practices of children and families. The author pays attention to the sociolinguistic aspects of the Ukrainian language used in the formal and non-formal communication of Kyiv's preschool children. https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/cs-ec/article/view/2860bilingualismfamily language policybilingual parentinglanguage practicesmother tonguefirst language
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Growing up in a Ukrainian Bilingual Community: Families’ Daily Practices and Educational Environment
Cognitive Studies | Études cognitives
bilingualism
family language policy
bilingual parenting
language practices
mother tongue
first language
title Growing up in a Ukrainian Bilingual Community: Families’ Daily Practices and Educational Environment
title_full Growing up in a Ukrainian Bilingual Community: Families’ Daily Practices and Educational Environment
title_fullStr Growing up in a Ukrainian Bilingual Community: Families’ Daily Practices and Educational Environment
title_full_unstemmed Growing up in a Ukrainian Bilingual Community: Families’ Daily Practices and Educational Environment
title_short Growing up in a Ukrainian Bilingual Community: Families’ Daily Practices and Educational Environment
title_sort growing up in a ukrainian bilingual community families daily practices and educational environment
topic bilingualism
family language policy
bilingual parenting
language practices
mother tongue
first language
url https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/cs-ec/article/view/2860
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