Invisible Work: Bilingualism, language choice and childrearing in intermarried families

By Toshie Okita. 2002

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Ideologies, struggles and contradictions: an account of mothers raising their children bilingually in Luxembourgish and English in Great Britain (2012, background): “Okita (2002) and Schüpbach (2009) have convincingly shown that narrative interviews provide valuable insights into people’s lives and help understand the connections between the macro and micro levels (Pavlenko 2007).”
“No, no Maama! Say ‘Shaatir ya Ouledee Shaatir’!” Children’s agency in language use and socialisation (2019, background): “…the learning and use of both the so-called heritage language and the majority language are important for reasons of integration, identity, belonging and parental desire to transmit their family or heritage cultures to the next generation (Fishman, 1991; Okita, 2001; Rubino, 2014; Said, 2014).”
'Stop Doing That, Ia Komu Skazala!': Language Choice and Emotions in Parent—Child Communication (2004, background): “These parents may also display negative attitudes towards the country of origin and/or its child-rearing traditions (Okita, 2002) and see language shift as a way to break loose of the past and advance socially and economically (Constantinidou, 1994; Gal, 1978; Mascarenhas-Keyes, 1994; McDonald,…”
Bilingual Parenting as Good Parenting: Parents' Perspectives on Family Language Policy for Additive Bilingualism (2006, background): “No doubt myriad factors will intervene and family dynamics, policies and interactional patterns will shift over time (Felling, 2006; Okita, 2001).”
Parental language input patterns and children's bilingual use (2007, background): “Parents often find it a difficult process that requires a lot of hard work (Okita, 2002).”