Linguistic Acculturation Preferences of Catalan Local Students toward Their Peers of Moroccan Descent. The Determining Factors of Linguistic Assimilationism
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| Title: | Linguistic Acculturation Preferences of Catalan Local Students toward Their Peers of Moroccan Descent. The Determining Factors of Linguistic Assimilationism |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Hinostroza-Castillo, Ursula (ORCID |
| Source: | International Multilingual Research Journal. 2023 17(2):107-121. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 15 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | High Schools Secondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Language Attitudes, Acculturation, Social Integration, Cultural Pluralism, Preferences, Student Attitudes, Immigrants, Student Characteristics, Second Language Learning, Native Language, High School Students, Peer Relationship, Spanish, Romance Languages, Language Minorities, Language Usage, Educational Environment, Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics |
| Geographic Terms: | Spain, Morocco |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19313152.2022.2135884 |
| ISSN: | 1931-3152 1931-3160 |
| Abstract: | As a response to the migratory movements initiated at the end of the past century in Catalonia (Spain), its educational system aims to promote interculturality and multilingualism as a way to achieve social cohesion. For this purpose, it is important to improve our understanding of the linguistic acculturation preferences endorsed by local students toward students of immigrant origin -- a scarcely studied factor. One of the main factors for achieving these objectives, that has been scarcely studied, is the linguistic acculturation preferences endorsed by local students toward students of immigrant origin. The present study applied 349 questionnaires to analyze the determining factors and linguistic acculturation preferences of local high-school students regarding the linguistic acculturation profiles of their peers of Moroccan descent in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain). The main results showed that, in order of frequency, assimilation to Catalan, assimilation to Spanish-Catalan and multilingualism were the three linguistic preferences endorsed by local students. The multinomial logistic regression model found the following determining factors: attitudes toward minority languages, attitudes toward multilingualism, Spanish self-identification, Spanish use with teachers and Catalan use with classmates. These results highlight the importance and need to further promote the use and embracement of minority languages in school settings as a possible way to increase the construction of multilingual preferences, and deconstruct prejudices and stereotypes to ultimately achieve social cohesion. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1381684 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | As a response to the migratory movements initiated at the end of the past century in Catalonia (Spain), its educational system aims to promote interculturality and multilingualism as a way to achieve social cohesion. For this purpose, it is important to improve our understanding of the linguistic acculturation preferences endorsed by local students toward students of immigrant origin -- a scarcely studied factor. One of the main factors for achieving these objectives, that has been scarcely studied, is the linguistic acculturation preferences endorsed by local students toward students of immigrant origin. The present study applied 349 questionnaires to analyze the determining factors and linguistic acculturation preferences of local high-school students regarding the linguistic acculturation profiles of their peers of Moroccan descent in Lleida (Catalonia, Spain). The main results showed that, in order of frequency, assimilation to Catalan, assimilation to Spanish-Catalan and multilingualism were the three linguistic preferences endorsed by local students. The multinomial logistic regression model found the following determining factors: attitudes toward minority languages, attitudes toward multilingualism, Spanish self-identification, Spanish use with teachers and Catalan use with classmates. These results highlight the importance and need to further promote the use and embracement of minority languages in school settings as a possible way to increase the construction of multilingual preferences, and deconstruct prejudices and stereotypes to ultimately achieve social cohesion. |
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| ISSN: | 1931-3152 1931-3160 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19313152.2022.2135884 |
