Social and Affective Factors in Home Language Maintenance and Development
Social and Affective Factors in Home Language Maintenance and Development
The ReN “Social and Affective Factors in Home Language Maintenance and Development” has three main aims:
- Research: To foster collaborations and exchange between scholars working on social and affective factors in home language maintenance and development.
- Dissemination: To disseminate research findings on the importance of home language maintenance and development to stakeholders (e.g. education departments, policy makers, educators across levels, parents, the mainstream society).
- Advocacy: To lobby for the recognition and uptake of research findings and to provide expert advice to stakeholders (e.g. submissions to senate inquiries, support and advice to communities on grass-roots initiatives, etc.).