Continuity vs. Discontinuity: A Case of Home Language and Literacy Socialization in Indonesia

Layli Hamida; Aditya Nur Patria; Girindra Putri Ardana Reswari

doi:10.19105/ojbs.v18i1.13286

Layli Hamida Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115 https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5117-3381
Aditya Nur Patria Department of Information and Culture, Vocational College, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50275 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5498-8921
Girindra Putri Ardana Reswari Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2454-6086

https://doi.org/10.19105/ojbs.v18i1.13286

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Keywords: Continuity, Discontinuity, Language socialization, Literacy socialization

Abstract

The present study explores the language and literacy socialization (LLS) of Indonesian children from low- to middle-income families. The Indonesian government has never truly involved home and family as the base for literacy socialization in its programs, affecting the nation-state's low rank in literacy proficiency. This paper aims to describe the LLS of low- to middle-income Indonesian families and examine how the language used by caregivers and parents stimulates the issue of continuity or discontinuity between home and school literacy practices. The study used an ethnographic approach in which the researchers observed the LLS events of 6 families in Surabaya, Indonesia. Conversations between caregivers/parents and children during literacy events were recorded. The findings suggest that every family has different patterns of literacy practices depending on their beliefs and culture at home and that parents' or caregivers' language and style of communication may facilitate or hinder children's access to literacy. Two socialization patterns were identified, including reference to past experience and collaborative negotiation of meaning. It is argued that not only the background of education but also caregivers' literacy culture and educational beliefs play a role in their strategy of language and literacy socialization at home.

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Author Biographies

Layli Hamida, Department of English Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115

LAYLI HAMIDA is the Head of the Department of English Language and Literature of Universitas Airlangga. Her research interests include linguistic anthropology, language acquisition, language socialization, and literacy.

Aditya Nur Patria, Department of Information and Culture, Vocational College, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang 50275

ADITYA NUR PATRIA is a lecturer in the Applied Foreign Language program at Vocational College of Universitas Diponegoro. His research interests include sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, and language and media.

Girindra Putri Ardana Reswari, Department of Language and Linguistics, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ

GIRINDRA PUTRI ARDANA RESWARI is a PhD candidate at the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. Her current research project focuses on mediational activity in the Service-Learning approach for ESP communicative competence development.

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