Mothers’ Experiences of French Mothertongue Maintenance: Re/Gaining Fluency in a Linguistic Minority

Isabeau Iqbal

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Mothers’ Experiences of French Mothertongue Maintenance: Re/Gaining Fluency in a Linguistic Minority

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- Isabeau Iqbal
- University of British Columbia

Abstract

This qualitative study explores how francophone mothers, who have taken on the primary responsibility for teaching French to their pre-school aged children, explain support and barriers to regaining and maintaining their own native language when they mother in a linguistic minority.

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How to Cite: Iqbal, I. (2004) “Mothers’ Experiences of French Mothertongue Maintenance: Re/Gaining Fluency in a Linguistic Minority”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2004).