Family Influence in Code-Mixing: Mandarin-English Bilingual Children's Daily Communication in Asia

This paper mainly explores how family factors influence code-mixing behaviors in Mandarin-English bilingual childrens daily communications in Asia. As globalization drives the importance of English as a lingua franca, many parents attach importance to bilingual education and intend to create environments to develop their childrens bilingual abilities. Code-mixing is the practice of mixing elements of two or more languages in a single conversation, sentence, or phrase. It is common among bilingual or multilingual speakers and reflects their ability to switch fluently between different languages. Through a comprehensive review of existing literature, this paper explores the family factors, such as parental language policies, attitudes, and practices, and provides key insights for educators and parents on the dynamics of language, culture, and identity in bilingual families, particularly within the Asian context.