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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-25954| Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
| Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
| Title: | Establishing multiple languages in early childhood : heritage languages and language hierarchies in German-English daycare centers in Switzerland |
| Authors: | Becker, Anna Knoll, Alex |
| et. al: | No |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13670050.2021.1932719 10.21256/zhaw-25954 |
| Published in: | International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism |
| Volume(Issue): | 25 |
| Issue: | 7 |
| Page(s): | 2561 |
| Pages to: | 2572 |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1367-0050 1747-7522 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Multilingualism; Early childhood education and care; Heritage language; Language ideology and hierarchy; Language practice |
| Subject (DDC): | 404.2: Bilingualism and multilingualism |
| Abstract: | The number of conceptually bilingual daycare centers has been steadily increasing in Switzerland, a traditionally multilingual country. Yet, the focus on the languages introduced in these institutions has largely remained on one national language – and English. We look at how English and – in our case – German are employed in daycare centers and how their prioritization leads to a reproduction and legitimization of language hierarchies. Drawing on the theoretical perspectives of translanguaging, code-switching, and language hierarchies as well as data from an ethnographic study in three daycare centers, we investigate how teachers and children employ different languages in the light of restrictions imposed by the daycare centers’ language policy. Although these are implemented differently in each institution, the overall commonality is the juxtaposition of the prestigious and official languages used, German and English, and the virtual exclusion of children’s heritage languages. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/25954 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International |
| Departement: | Social Work |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Childhood, Youth and Family (IKJF) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Soziale Arbeit |
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Becker, A., & Knoll, A. (2021). Establishing multiple languages in early childhood : heritage languages and language hierarchies in German-English daycare centers in Switzerland. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25(7), 2561–2572. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2021.1932719
Becker, A. and Knoll, A. (2021) ‘Establishing multiple languages in early childhood : heritage languages and language hierarchies in German-English daycare centers in Switzerland’, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 25(7), pp. 2561–2572. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2021.1932719.
A. Becker and A. Knoll, “Establishing multiple languages in early childhood : heritage languages and language hierarchies in German-English daycare centers in Switzerland,” International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 2561–2572, 2021, doi: 10.1080/13670050.2021.1932719.
BECKER, Anna und Alex KNOLL, 2021. Establishing multiple languages in early childhood : heritage languages and language hierarchies in German-English daycare centers in Switzerland. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 2021. Bd. 25, Nr. 7, S. 2561–2572. DOI 10.1080/13670050.2021.1932719
Becker, Anna, and Alex Knoll. 2021. “Establishing Multiple Languages in Early Childhood : Heritage Languages and Language Hierarchies in German-English Daycare Centers in Switzerland.” International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 25 (7): 2561–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2021.1932719.
Becker, Anna, and Alex Knoll. “Establishing Multiple Languages in Early Childhood : Heritage Languages and Language Hierarchies in German-English Daycare Centers in Switzerland.” International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, vol. 25, no. 7, 2021, pp. 2561–72, https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2021.1932719.
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