We were interested in our participants' language skills, so we measured how well they spoke Vietnamese. Although all families left Vietnam in the aftermath of the war, this difficult experience ...

Among a subgroup of 60 families within the nearly 300 studied who were using a community language (either English or French) and a heritage language at home, mothers were typically the ones ...

Students and families should have equal access to education in schools--no matter what language they speak or what language barriers exist. Skip to content. ... Schools must do more to help families ...

Language brokering refers to the practice by which bilingual children and adolescents in immigrant families act as informal translators and cultural mediators for their parents.

Mothers’ language choices have double the impact in bilingual families, new research shows A Concordia study of 300 Montreal households reveals parents can use a flexible approach to language ...

From the hands-on experiences to the faculty to the coursework, Carey found her fit as a speech, language, and hearing sciences major, and after earning both her bachelor’s degree and a master’s ...

Mothers' language choices have double the impact in bilingual families A study of 300 Montreal households reveals parents can use a flexible approach to language exposure ...

Personal histories shape how immigrant families transmit their home language to children Published: September 19, 2024 4:31pm EDT Thao-Nguyen Nina Le , Pavel Trofimovich , Concordia University ...