HOW CAN CULTURALLY DIVERSE CHILDREN PRESERVE THEIR MOTHER TONGUE AND ENHANCE THEIR SECOND LANGUAGE SKILLS-A STUDY OF FAMILY INVOLVEMENT FOR CHINESE MIGRANTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Year 2015, Volume: 3 , 78 - 86, 01.09.2015

Chanjuan Lıu

Abstract

This
paper undertakes a review of international and national literature on bilingual
education in order to reveal the extent of family involvement for purposes of
good practice and further development of the language skills of bilingual
children in Northern Ireland. The paper not only explores the present situation
for the children of Chinese migrants, while highlighting the distinctiveness of
the mother language and the particular opportunities and challenges of
preserving it, but also concludes with recommendations for the ongoing development
of their second language.

Keywords

family involvement, L1 and L2, children bilingual development, ER

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