33.723, Calls: Language Acquisition / Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 18:26:15
From: Vicky Chondrogianni [v.chondrogianni at ed.ac.uk]
Subject: Language Acquisition / Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Frontiers in Psychology 


Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 01-Oct-2022 

Call for Papers:

International Mother Language Day: Enhancing Home Language Development from a
Young Age

The International Mother Language Day, celebrated every year on February 21,
was proclaimed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) in November 1999 with the main goal to promote
linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism. The term “Mother
Language” adopted by UNESCO refers to sometimes interchangeably used terms in
the bilingual literature, such as, “Home Language”, “Family Language”,
“Heritage Language”, “Minority Language”, “Community Language”, “Indigenous
Language”, or “first language (L1)”. In this Research Topic, we adopt the term
“Home language” to refer to the language used at home by children and
caregivers of immigrant or indigenous minority language background groups
living in bilingual contexts where the dominant Societal Language is different
from the Home Language. 

This year’s theme of the International Mother Language Day “Fostering
multilingualism for inclusion in education and society'' encourages
researchers, educators, practitioners, and policymakers to advocate for
support of multilingualism (here used to encompass bilingualism as well) and
the use of Home Language, both at school and in everyday life. According to
UNESCO (2016), 40% of the world's inhabitants do not have access to education
in the language they speak or understand best. This not only hinders access to
heritage and cultural expressions but may also have negative repercussions for
their linguistic and cognitive development. Home Language maintenance is even
more critical, yet controversial, for children with language and communication
disorders, whose caregivers are often advised to abandon the Home Language and
switch to the Societal Language, questioning the ability of these groups to
become multilingual. 

The challenges of Home Language development and maintenance have been further
highlighted, and in some cases, aggravated, by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.
At the same time, the surge in the use of digital communication and digital
education during the pandemic has provided new opportunities for multilingual
communities to maintain their Home Languages and ensure their successful
transmission to future generations.

In honor of the UNESCO`s Mother Language Day, we are delighted to put forward
this Research Topic addressing this year`s theme of Home Language development
and maintenance across early (0-8 years) and middle (9-11 years) childhood in
children from immigrant and/or indigenous minority language background. The
current Research Topic welcomes submissions on, yet not limited to, the
following topics:
- The role of Home Language in enhancing language and cognitive skills in
bi-/multilingual children.
- Parents’ and grandparents’ language use and attitudes about the
transmission, maintenance, and development of Home Language in young children
- Home Language development and maintenance in children with disorders where
language and communication are the primary or secondary affected areas (e.g.,
Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Hearing
Impairments, Dyslexia, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
Intellectual Disability) 
- Literacy development (reading and writing) in the Home Language in young
bi-/multilingual children 
- Early and middle childhood Home Language educational programs 
- Digital communication and education on Home Language development 
- Home Language development and maintenance during COVID-19

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/32123/international-mother-languag
e-day-enhancing-home-language-development-from-a-young-age




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