Proceedings of the Second Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture (ICOLLITE 2018)

Parent-child Communication Strategies in Preserving Sundanese Language

Authors
Welsi Damayanti, Vidi Sukmayadi, Agung Hermanto
Corresponding Author
Welsi Damayanti
Available Online March 2019.
DOI
10.2991/icollite-18.2019.83How to use a DOI?
Keywords
interpersonal communication; parent-child communication; language preservation; Sundanese language; sundanese ethnicity
Abstract

Sundanese as a first language has gradually experience decline in their users’ proficiency, particularly for Sundanese living in the second language environment. This process is generally caused by both isolations from speakers of the first language and the acquisition and use of a second language. This study aims to investigate the parent-child communication strategies in preserving the Sundanese language in an environment in which Sundanese is not a major language spoken in the area. A qualitative case study was employed to analyze the topic. The data were collected by performing interviews and observations toward three Sundanese families who live in non-Sundanese language environment in Jakarta. The findings show that the parents performed two main strategies: direct language lessons and subconscious affirmations of the first language. The strategies were carried out in three phases: the initial planning, language preservation action, and feedback evaluation. It is expected that the study would contribute more insights into the preservation native languages and reduction the risk of language attrition.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Second Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture (ICOLLITE 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
March 2019
ISBN
10.2991/icollite-18.2019.83
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icollite-18.2019.83How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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