As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, public life in many countries ground to a halt in early 2020. The aims of this study were (i) to uncover the language practices of multilingual families during the pandemic, in general and especially regarding homeschooling; and (ii) to determine to what extent the changes in circumstance caused by the pandemic impacted children’s language use and proficiency, and family well-being. Parents from 587 families completed an online survey for 1051 children. Data were analysed using ordinal logistic regression. Our results showed that for most children, there were no changes in language use, proficiency or well-being. When there were changes, these were more likely for (families with) preschool children. Using the heritage language for homeschooling (some or all of the time) did not have a negative impact on Dutch language proficiency, but it did have a positive impact on the heritage language proficiency.

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Covid-19 大流行对荷兰多语言家庭的影响


由于 Covid-19 大流行，许多国家的公共生活在 2020 年初陷入停滞。这项研究的目的是 (i) 揭示大流行期间多语言家庭的语言实践，特别是在家庭教育方面; (ii) 确定大流行造成的情况变化在多大程度上影响儿童的语言使用和熟练程度以及家庭福祉。来自 587 个家庭的家长完成了针对 1051 名儿童的在线调查。使用序数逻辑回归分析数据。我们的结果表明，对于大多数儿童来说，语言使用、熟练程度或幸福感没有变化。当发生变化时，这些变化更有可能发生在学龄前儿童（有）的家庭中。使用传统语言进行家庭教育（部分或全部时间）不会对荷兰语熟练程度产生负面影响，但确实对传统语言熟练程度产生积极影响。