This preliminary study examines the attitudes to Icelandic, Polish and English languages and cultures of four young Polish adolescents in Iceland. Its aim was to establish their motivation to learn Icelandic as well as to maintain their heritage language and culture. Also investigated was whether English was an impediment to their acquisition of Icelandic. Interviews, in Polish and Icelandic, were undertaken. It was found that the adolescents were motivated to learn Icelandic, to integrate into Icelandic society and to maintain their Polish heritage. In this sense, they lived in “two worlds,” maintaining close bonds with their Polish heritage, while also integrating into Icelandic society. English was not impeding their integration. Unlike ...
Í alþjóðavæddari heimi, eru nemendur með alþjóðlegan bakgrunn ört vaxandi hópur í íslenskum skólum. ...
The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of Polish youth in Lithuania towards the Lithuan...
The issue of immigrants and opportunities for learning their heritage language abroad is intensively...
Adults in Iceland who have a native language that is not Icelandic vary widely in their proficiency ...
The population of Iceland is becoming more culturally and linguistically diverse, and Poles constitu...
The paper describes home language input of fifteen Polish immigrant children in the greater Reykjaví...
With the rise of numbers of bilingual children in Iceland over the past two decades, there has been ...
With the rise of numbers of bilingual children in Iceland over the past two decades, there has been ...
Modern European immigration was exacerbated with the introduction of the European Freedom of Movemen...
Home language environment of Polish children in Iceland and their achievement in Icelandic grammar s...
In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of English encountered by Icelandi...
Málumhverfi og bakgrunnur barna eru ærið misjöfn og mörg börn alast upp við það að heyra fleiri en e...
The goal of this study was to examine the five acculturation orientations: assimilationism, segregat...
The aim of this essay is to study the status of English in Iceland, specifically the exposure Icelan...
This thesis mainly focuses on difficulties in learning Icelandic, as well as analyzing and suggestin...
Í alþjóðavæddari heimi, eru nemendur með alþjóðlegan bakgrunn ört vaxandi hópur í íslenskum skólum. ...
The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of Polish youth in Lithuania towards the Lithuan...
The issue of immigrants and opportunities for learning their heritage language abroad is intensively...
Adults in Iceland who have a native language that is not Icelandic vary widely in their proficiency ...
The population of Iceland is becoming more culturally and linguistically diverse, and Poles constitu...
The paper describes home language input of fifteen Polish immigrant children in the greater Reykjaví...
With the rise of numbers of bilingual children in Iceland over the past two decades, there has been ...
With the rise of numbers of bilingual children in Iceland over the past two decades, there has been ...
Modern European immigration was exacerbated with the introduction of the European Freedom of Movemen...
Home language environment of Polish children in Iceland and their achievement in Icelandic grammar s...
In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the amount of English encountered by Icelandi...
Málumhverfi og bakgrunnur barna eru ærið misjöfn og mörg börn alast upp við það að heyra fleiri en e...
The goal of this study was to examine the five acculturation orientations: assimilationism, segregat...
The aim of this essay is to study the status of English in Iceland, specifically the exposure Icelan...
This thesis mainly focuses on difficulties in learning Icelandic, as well as analyzing and suggestin...
Í alþjóðavæddari heimi, eru nemendur með alþjóðlegan bakgrunn ört vaxandi hópur í íslenskum skólum. ...
The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes of Polish youth in Lithuania towards the Lithuan...
The issue of immigrants and opportunities for learning their heritage language abroad is intensively...