The use of social support networks in the study of bilingual families in Singapore

Abstract

A project entitled Language and Social Support Networks: A comparative study of Chinese, Malay and Tamil speaking children in Home, Community and School contexts in Singapore (Saravanan, et al.1997) was recently initiated between NICER, National Institute of Education and the Speech Department, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Newcastle, in January 1997. The current study is a bilingual research study of three generation families in Singapore, Chinese, Malay and Tamil speaking three generation families (that is, families with children and grandparents).