PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND BOURDIEU’S CONCEPT OF CAPITAL: UNDERSTANDING ADOLESCENT LEARNERS’ PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

A crucial aspect impacting adolescent learners' English language learning is parental involvement. This study investigates parental involvement in Pakistani adolescents' English learning concerning students' perspective through the lens of Bourdieu’s (1986) concept of capital namely economic capital, cultural capital, and social capital.The paper utilized a questionnaire that was distributed among a sample of 150 Pakistani Secondary school students aged 13 to 16 years in Lahore for the study. The findings of the research survey data revealed that Pakistani parents demonstrate a positive involvement in adolescent English learning. It further indicates thatparental engagement, support, and a positive attitude toward the English language in general, impact adolescent
English learners favorably. Furthermore, Bourdieu's (1986) three parental capitals (economic, cultural, and social) were discovered to be transmitted to learners through various parental engagement strategies.