{"id":1130,"date":"2025-04-17T17:58:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T00:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/maiicconference\/?page_id=1130"},"modified":"2026-04-16T20:35:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T03:35:45","slug":"talk-details-juliette","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.royalroads.ca\/maiicconference\/talk-details-juliette\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Details – Ami Ochiai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Home Language Choice and Identity Negotiation<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n
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About the topic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This project explores how everyday language choice in migrant families relates to identity, belonging, and family relationships. Rather than focusing only on language maintenance or children\u2019s development, it examines the home as an intercultural space where family members negotiate meaning, roles, and connection through ordinary daily interaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Paper<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This paper examines home language choice in migrant families through the lens of intercultural communication theory. Rather than treating language use at home as a measure of maintenance or ability, it explores how everyday interactions between parents and children reveal identity negotiation, shifting roles, and multilingual family dynamics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relevant implications<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By approaching the home as an intercultural space, this study offers a different way of understanding migrant family communication. It suggests that language choice is not only about preserving a heritage language, but also about how families adapt, relate to one another, and make sense of change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n