Here are the questions of the survey:
1, Country where the family is living:
2, Language of the mother:
3, Language of the father:
4, Language of communication between mother and father:
5, Language of the surroundings:
6, Number and age of children:
7, "Model" of communicating with the children (like "OPOL"=one person
one language, "ml@h"=minority language at home):
8a, Ability of the children to understand the language of the mother:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
8b, Ability of the children to speak the language of the mother:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
8c, Willingness of the children to speak the language of the mother:
not/ rather not/ in between / rather willing / very willing
9a, Ability of the children to understand the language of the father:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
9b, Ability of the children to speak the language of the father:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
9c, Willingness of the children to speak the language of the father:
not / rather not/ in between / rather willing / very willing
10a, Ability of the children to understand the language of the
surroundings:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
10b, Ability of the children to speak the language of the surroundings:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
10c, Willingness of the children to speak the language of the
surroundings:
not / rather not/ in between / rather willing / very willing
11a, Ability of the mother to understand and speak the language of the
father:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
11b, Ability of the mother to understand and speak the language of the
surroundings:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
12a, Ability of the father to understand and speak the language of the
mother:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
12b, Ability of the father to understand and speak the language of the
surroundings:
very poor / poor / in between / good / very good
13, Who takes care of the children during day-time?
(day-care/school/mother/father/both part-time/grandparents/au-pair.....)
Comments:....................................
If there are differences between your children at the questions 8-10
you
can give more answers.