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In order to further understand the children’s attachment and connection to their languages, it is important to understand their attitudes to language. In this chapter, the children’s stories in relation to what they think about and feel about each of their languages are presented, and this is then followed by associated data from the whole class of students.
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Fielding, R. (2015). Attitudes to Language. In: Multilingualism in the Australian Suburbs. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-453-5_5
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