Thesis
Chinese parental engagement in children's English literacy activities at home: A case study on transnational Chinese families in the Northwestern US
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/101749
Abstract
Parental engagement in children's learning is commonly believed as crucial for children's academic achievement. Chinese parents, who are the focus of the present study, zealously engage in children's learning, including the learning of English language. Such engagement involves Chinese parents in children's English literacy activities in a wide range of contexts, such as the home. This study thus explores Chinese parental engagement in children's home English literacy activities, but narrows down its focus on a particular but important group of Chinese families --transnational Chinese families in the US. Guided by the ecology system theory coined by Bronfenbrenner (1979), and based on data collected from observations of English literacy activities and interviews with Chinese parents and children, this study finds that Chinese parents engage themselves in a variety of children's English literacy activities at home, in which they play various roles, including supervisors, instructors, learners and linkers. The first of these roles stem from Chinese culture, as parents supervise (guan) the quality of children's home English literacy activities. American and Chinese cultural norms affect parents' roles in children's language learning in the home setting, including the types and manner of activities that parents engage in.
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- Title
- Chinese parental engagement in children's English literacy activities at home
- Creators
- Yue Huang
- Contributors
- Anne Marie Guerrettaz (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; [Pullman, Washington] :
- Identifiers
- 99900525396701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis