Welsh-Medium Education: Exploring the attitudes, beliefs and experiences of parents and pupils from non-Welsh speaking households.

威尔士语教育：探索非威尔士语家庭的家长和学生的态度、信仰和经历。

• 批准号: 2863855
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2863855
• 关键词: Welsh; Medium; Education; Exploring; attitudes

The aim of this research is to develop a systematic understandingof the attitudes, beliefs, and experiences of parents and childrenfrom non-Welsh speaking households towards Welsh and Welshmediumeducation (WME) to better inform Welsh AssemblyGovernment (WAG) policy. Previous research has recognised theimportance of parents' motivations in informing WAG's Welshlanguage policy and the autonomy of children in these decisions asthey get older. However, an increasing number of young Welshspeakersdo not come from Welsh speaking households and thereis a dearth of literature focusing uniquely on their parents' andtheir own attitudes and beliefs about the Welsh language, andtheir experiences of WME. Therefore, an updated account ofyoung Welsh speakers' and parents' beliefs about the Welshlanguage and experiences of WME could provide an importantbasis for WAG's future language policies, that are morecomprehensive and inclusive of 'new speaker' (O'Rourke et al.,2015 p. 1) perspectives. A sample of approximately 450 parentsand children from the anglicised area of Southeast Wales willprovide a comprehensive overview of non-Welsh speaking parentsand new speakers' attitudes, beliefs, and experiences. Data will becollected via questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, andparticipatory research. Quantitative data will be analysed usingdescriptive and inferential techniques and qualitative data will beanalysed using thematic analysis. This will provide a deeperunderstanding of non-Welsh speaking parents and new speakers'unique motivations, challenges and experiences regarding WME,which could be used to tailor policy to their needs and strengthenWAG's current language revitalisation policies.

本研究的目的是系统地了解非威尔士语家庭的父母和孩子对威尔士语和威尔士媒介教育 (WME) 的态度、信仰和经历，以便更好地为威尔士议会政府 (WAG) 政策提供信息。先前的研究已经认识到父母的动机对于了解 WAG 的威尔士语言政策以及孩子随着年龄的增长在这些决定中的自主权的重要性。然而，越来越多的年轻威尔士语使用者并非来自威尔士语家庭，而且缺乏专门关注他们的父母和他们自己对威尔士语的态度和信仰以及他们的 WME 经历的文献。因此，年轻威尔士语使用者和家长对威尔士语言的信念以及 WME 的经验的最新描述可以为 WAG 未来的语言政策提供重要基础，这些政策对“新使用者”更加全面和包容（O'Rourke 等，2015 p） 1）观点。来自威尔士东南部英语化地区的约 450 名家长和儿童的样本将提供非威尔士语家长和新使用者的态度、信仰和经历的全面概述。数据将通过问卷调查、半结构化访谈和参与性研究来收集。定量数据将使用描述性和推理技术进行分析，定性数据将使用主题分析进行分析。这将使非威尔士语家长和新语言使用者对 WME 的独特动机、挑战和经验有更深入的了解，从而可以根据他们的需求制定政策，并加强 WAG 当前的语言振兴政策。