Family language policy in English as a foreign language: a case study from China to Canada

• Published in: Language policy Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 191 - 207
• Main Authors: Liu, Wei, Lin, Xiaobing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.05.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Addition; Applied Linguistics; Autoethnography; Beliefs; Bilingual Education; Bilingual Schools; Bilingualism; Case Studies; Child Rearing; Chinese; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Context; Decision Making; Elementary Education; Elementary Schools; Emotional Experience; English (Second Language); English as a second language; English language; Ethnography; Families & family life; Family (Sociological Unit); Family Environment; Family Relationship; Foreign Countries; High School Graduates; Ideology; Language Attitudes; Language Education; Language ideologies; Language Planning; Language policy; Language Usage; Languages; Learning Experience; Linguistics; Mandarin Chinese; Mathematics Education; Middle Schools; Narratives; Native Language; Original Paper; Outcomes of Education; Parent Attitudes; Parent Child Relationship; Parenting Styles; Parents & parenting; Policy making; Political Science; Second Language Learning; Social Sciences; Sociolinguistics; Canada; China; English as a foreign language; Bilingual parenting; China; Family language policy

English as a foreign language is taught almost exclusively as a school subject in most parts of the world. However, reported in this autoethnography is our practice in family language planning in English as a foreign language (non-native to either parent). The personal narratives of our bilingual pa...