PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN MAINTAINING CHILDREN’S BILINGUALISM

Sulaeman, Ummu Aiman (2019) PARENTS’ INVOLVEMENT IN MAINTAINING CHILDREN’S BILINGUALISM. S1 thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MAKASSAR.

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ABSTRACT This research aimed to find out: (1) parents’ attitude towards bilingualism, (2) strategy used by parents for maintaining children’s bilingualism, (3) challenges in raising bilingual children. This research employed qualitative case study. The participants of this research were parents who had lived in English speaking country with their children which were taken through purposive sampling technique. The data of this research were collected by interviewing the parents and employing observation to get richer data. The obtained data was analyzed in three major phases namely data condensation, data display and draw conclusion. The researcher concluded that the parents had a positive attitude towards the importance of English and the essential of maintaining language which influence the education and future prospects of children, however, they showed neutral attitude towards the bilingualism by expressing the advantages and disadvantages of it. Moreover, the parents utilized 3 forms of involvements as the strategy, they were oral communication (mixed-strategy and OPOL-ML), provision of facilities, and virtual assistance. However, there were some obstacles faced by the parents in preserving their children’s language, such as the embarrassment, lack of vocabulary, and the lost of the children’s language gradually. Key words: Bilingualism, Bilingual, Language Maintenance, Language Attitude

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Subjects: PASCASARJANA > PENDIDIKAN BAHASA - (S2)
Divisions: PROGRAM PASCASARJANA
Depositing User: UPT PERPUSTAKAAN UNM
Date Deposited: 15 Jul 2019 06:38
Last Modified: 15 Jul 2019 06:38
URI: http://eprints.unm.ac.id/id/eprint/14147

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