Preschool children and the language policies of their diverse families: Language use in bi- and multilingual families

• Main Author: Ragnarsdóttir, Hanna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Milli Mála 2023
• Subjects: Family language policies; bi- and multilingualism; preschools; educational practices; Tungumálastefna fjölskyldna; tví- og fjöltyngi; leikskólar; starfshættir; Varpa; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/millimala/article/view/3660

With a growing number of people with a foreign background in Icelandic society in recent years, the number of heritage languages of children in schools has also grown. The aim of the article is to shed light on the language policies of multilingual families in Iceland, methods which they use to teac...