Abstract:
This study embarks upon uncovering the probable relationships between Iranian parents’ attitudes, motivations, and home literacy practices (HLP) towards bilingualism, Persian and English. To undertake the study, sixty-eight parents of young language learners (YLLs) were asked to fill up a survey questionnaire. The questionnaire aimed to uncover parental attitudes, motivation, and the types of HLP towards bilingualism. The results of Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis indicated that parents espoused positive holistic attitudes, integrative motivation, and formal practices in HLP towards bilingualism. The findings also revealed that there was positive relationship between parental attitudes, motivation and HLP. The multiple regression analysis for the corresponding variables revealed that only motivations predict the variance in the home literacy practices. Implications for teachers, policy makers, and curriculum developers along with some suggestions are provided.
Machine summary:
"Table 1 Descriptive statistics of Iranian parents' attitudes toward the holistic view of bilingualism Item Holistic view M SD 1 I help my children to speak both Persian and English.
They continued that speaking Persian and English is significant for the future of Iran The results indicated that parents had positive attitudes toward practical advantages of bilingualism such as the improvement of their children’s life quality in the future.
The statistical analysis presented in the present study indicates the positive relationship between home literacy and learning outcome, which is in line with a number of researches ( Britto & Brook, 2001; Britto et al.
Procedure For the purpose of this study, Parents’ attitudes, motivations and home literacy practices toward their children’s bilingualism in Persian and English were probed quantitatively.
Therefore, uncovering the attitudes and motivations of parents in language learning may pave the ground for language attainment (Chou, 2005; Luo & Wiseman, 2000; Ramos, 2007; Tse, 1998) because parents’ and their children perspective are connected as far as language learning is concerned (Baker, 1992).
HLPs are divided into a variety of activities based on purposes, participants, and types of interaction Exploring Parental Motivations, Attitudes, and Home Literacy Practices Towards Bilingualism Hamed Barjesteh *1, Reza Vaseghi 2, Aliasghar Yousefi Azarfam 3 1, 2.
2 Abstract This study embarks upon uncovering the probable relationships between Iranian parents’ attitudes, motivations, and home literacy practices (HLP) towards bilingualism, Persian and English.
The results of Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression analysis indicated that parents espoused positive holistic attitudes, integrative motivation, and formal practices in HLP towards bilingualism."