Bilingual heritage language learning in China: Applying the Douglas Fir Group's transdisciplinary framework

IF 4.7 1区文学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Modern Language Journal Pub Date : 2023-10-21 DOI:10.1111/modl.12881

Yuan Lu, Chuanren Ke

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Abstract

Abstract Through the application of the Douglas Fir Group's transdisciplinary framework, this study investigated how three levels of mutually dependent influence (i.e., the micro level of social action and interaction, meso level of sociocultural institutions and communities, and macro level of ideological structures) operate across time and space to shape a bilingual heritage language learner's study‐abroad (SA) experiences. Data were collected from standardized proficiency tests; language contact profiles; pre‐ and midprogram surveys; and interviews with the learner, classroom instructors, tutor–roommates, host family members, and the director of the SA program. The transdisciplinary framework enabled this study to expand its research focus and analytical scope, demonstrating that language learning was mediated by the three levels of mutually dependent influence in a dynamic and complex manner. This study has generated a richer understanding of multilayered complexity in heritage language development, advanced bilingual performance and proficiency, and bilingualism in language education and society.

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中国的双语传统语言学习:Douglas Fir集团跨学科框架的应用

摘要本研究运用Douglas Fir集团的跨学科框架，探讨了三个相互依赖的影响层面(即社会行动和互动的微观层面，社会文化机构和社区的中观层面，以及意识形态结构的宏观层面)如何跨越时间和空间影响双语传统语言学习者的留学经历。数据收集自标准化能力测试;语言联系人简介;节目前和节目中调查;以及与学习者、课堂教师、导师兼室友、寄宿家庭成员和SA项目主任的访谈。跨学科的研究框架使本研究扩展了研究的重点和分析范围，表明语言学习是由三个层次的相互依赖的影响以动态和复杂的方式介导的。本研究对传统语言发展、高级双语表现和熟练程度以及语言教育和社会中的双语现象的多层次复杂性有了更丰富的理解。

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Modern Language Journal Multiple-

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6.60

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4.10%

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期刊介绍： A refereed publication, The Modern Language Journal is dedicated to promoting scholarly exchange among teachers and researchers of all modern foreign languages and English as a second language. This journal publishes documented essays, quantitative and qualitative research studies, response articles, and editorials that challenge paradigms of language learning and teaching. The Modern Language Journal offers a professional calendar of events and news, a listing of relevant articles in other journals, an annual survey of doctoral degrees in all areas concerning foreign and second languages, and reviews of scholarly books, textbooks, videotapes, and software.