What cultural activities can support language maintenance

Cultural activities that support language maintenance include family language use, traditional songs and storytelling, cultural celebrations, drama, music, media, and social media engagement. Speaking the heritage language within families and passing it on through traditional songs, stories, and phrases helps maintain the language in a natural cultural context. Community events and cultural festivals that celebrate customs, holidays, and traditions reinforce language use among younger generations. Dramatisation and role-plays in language classrooms create engaging, immersive experiences that promote language proficiency and positive attitudes toward the language. Moreover, integrating cultural content into education, alongside media and social media platforms to share and promote language content, also supports language maintenance by connecting language to identity and contemporary formats. These activities foster cultural heritage, social interaction, bilingual policies at home, and language use in real-life contexts. ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

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