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Effects of parents on ethnic language retention by children: The case of Chinese in urban Canada
Author(s)
Date Issued
1981
Journal
ISSN
0038-0237
Citation
Sociological Focus, Jan 1981, vol. 14(1), pp. 33-48.
Type
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
Abstract
This paper examines the effects of parents an ethnic language retention by children in five Chinese communities in urban Canada Parents' direct promotion of ethnic language is found to explain 44 percent of the total variance of children's language retention, indicating that the family is an important language retaining agent. Parents' direct promotion is related positively to their ethnic community involvement and negatively to their knowledge of English/French. Surprisingly, parents' ethnic identification and their length of time in Canada have no significant relationships with the above variables, suggesting that, among Canadian-Chinese parents, ethnic identification is not a determinant of ethnic life, and their levels of assimilation have remained rather stable.
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