What is it about?
In multilingual families, parents and children can have a different sense of identity and belonging, which can lead to frustration, arguments, and, on occasion, mental health concerns. This article shows how a metaphor can be used to help family members to communicate their feelings and thoughts about identity and belonging.
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Why is it important?
The work in this article can help those who work with multilingual families (social workers, teachers, family therapists) to understand issues involved, and gives them tools for their work.
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This article is the culmination of many conversations with families - when I present my work, "Great Aunt Edna's Vase" always gets a lot of interest, so this article focuses on just one aspect of my work, bringing out its practical application.
Sabine Little
University of Sheffield
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This page is a summary of: Great Aunt Edna’s Vase: Metaphor Use in Working With Heritage Language Families, The Family Journal, March 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1066480719833417.
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