This was sent to the American Hungarian Educators Association but I think the target audience is young Hungarian parents. Please respond or forward as you see fit.
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From: Szecsi, Dr. Tunde [mailto:tszecsi@fgcu.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 1:40 PM
To: eniko.basa@verizon.net
Subject: Request: Research on Hungarian language in the USA
To: American Hungarian Educators’ Association (AHEA)
Dear
We are contacting you with a request.
We are conducting research that delves deep into the literacy practices of Hungarian-American families who intend to raise bilingual children. Our focus is on the use of media technologies. We developed an on-line survey to explore Hungarian-American family members’ views about the ways their children use media technologies with the purpose of developing the Hungarian language. The study will shed light on the importance of the maintenance of Hungarian language and culture in the United States. Also, it will share ideas and strategies for families for helping their children become bilingual and biliteral.
We are looking for families who would like to participate in this valuable endeavor. We would like to ask you to forward our invitation letter to your members, if possible. The invitation letter is inserted below. We hope that Hungarian–American families will participate in our survey.
Please let us know if you are able to forward our invitation to Hungarian-American families.
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Thank you for your support,
Tunde Szecsi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Florida Gulf Coast University
(239)580-7788
Janka Szilagy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The College at Brockport, State University of New York
(585) 395-5945
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LETTER TO FAMILIES
Dear Hungarian-American Family:
We are conducting research that delves deep into the literacy practices of Hungarian-American families who intend to raise bilingual children. With this research, our goal is to shed light on the maintenance of the Hungarian language in the United States, and share ideas for helping children become bilingual and bicultural.
We would like to encourage you to participate in an on-line survey. The survey includes questions about your family’s experiences and practices with the Hungarian language. The survey has demographic questions, statements about the family views and efforts in maintaining the Hungarian language and five open-ended questions. The survey is available both in Hungarian and English languages. It takes approximately 30-40 minutes to fill out. When you start the survey, please complete it; the program does not allow you to save and return to finish it.
We are looking for parent-participants who meet the following four criteria:
1. at least one parent is a native speaker of the Hungarian language;
2. the family (at least one parent and one child) uses the Hungarian language to some extent for everyday communication;
3. the family/parent has at least one child between 3 and 18 years of age; and
4. the family has lived in the USA at least for three years.
If you are interested and you/your family meets the four criteria, please go to the following website http://survey.fgcu.edu/Survey.aspx?s=e2b5e4891b8d44689a5c834152d21e10
Please copy and paste the link into your browser.
Your participation in the survey is anonymous and on the first page of the survey you can find more information about the study. The survey is available until May 31st, 2013.
We will highly appreciate if you decide to participate and contribute to a better understanding the status of the Hungarian language in the United States.
Sincerely,
Tunde Szecsi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Florida Gulf Coast University
(239)5807788
Janka Szilagyi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
The College at Brockport, State University of New York
(585) 395-5945
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