A Study on Factors in the Formation of a Family Language Policy : From the Narratives of the Father, Mother, and Child of the Thai-Japanese Family A Living in Thailand

Family Language Policy　ケイセイ　ニ　エイキョウ　ヲ　アタエル　ヨウイン　ニ　カンスル　イチ　コウサツ　タイ　ニ　イキル　タイニチ　コクサイ　カゾク　Aケ　ノ　チチ　ハハ　コ　３シャ　ノ　カタリ　カラ

マツオカ, リナ

Matsuoka, Rina

深澤, 伸子

フカザワ, シンコ

Fukazawa, Shinko

Mother Tongue, Heritage Language, and Bilingual Education Research Association

泰日国際家族

学校選択

親子の語り

言語選択

Research Papers

The purpose of this paper is to identify the Family Language Policy (FLP) of the Thai-Japanese Family A living in Thailand as well as factors that influence its formation, as perceived by the parents and child. The deeper understanding of the FLP of the Thai-Japanese Family gained through this paper will provide insight into how to support the language development and growth of children growing up in multilingual environments. This paper analyzes factors that influence elements of FLPs – in particular school choice – and discusses them in comparison with the“ Dynamic model of family language policy” (Curdt-Christiansen and Huang, 2020). The analysis reveals that the parents’ FLP is“ for their child to learn the three languages and to achieve this by getting him into school.” The influencing factors included those related to the evaluation of the child’s language ability, such as [Anxiety about Japanese language development] and [Geographical conditions]. These results suggest the need to form a model unique to Thailand by adding “language ability assessment factors” to the internal factors of the “FLP Dynamic Model” and “social life factors” to the external factors. This paper also shows the dynamic aspects of FLP by identifying factors contributing to each school choice.

深澤, 伸子