Mary Carol CombsAlshuhri ,Hasan2025-01-142024Alshuhri, H. (2024). Saudi Cosmopolitan Transnational Parents’ Ideologies, Language Policy, and Their Children’s Struggle With Homeland Integration. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14154/74636This study seeks to provide an understanding of the parents’ language ideologies that can provide insights into the challenges and opportunities faced by the parent for language maintenance and revitalization efforts in the Western countries. By acknowledging and addressing these ideologies, stakeholders can develop strategies that promote the value and usage of minority languages while respecting their linguistic diversity and cultural significance. Moreover, this study aims to place a special emphasis on the academic and social challenges these families encounter to maintain their children's first language to highlight the efforts of ethnolinguistic minorities in foreign society. Further, the study highlights homeland integration challenges and the importance of supporting repatriates during the transition.This study explored the language ideologies of Saudi cosmopolitan parents living in Western countries, their family language policies, and their children's reintegration into Saudi society. I used a qualitative research design to investigate the process of family language policies and practices and the underlying social, cultural, and religious ideologies. Drawing on the interviews with four Saudi families, and a survey with forty two Saudi parents, the research investigated how parents perceive and prioritize the use of Arabic and English within their households. It also examined the strategies they employ to maintain Arabic proficiency and cultural ties amidst a predominantly English-speaking environment. The findings revealed a complex interplay between parental aspirations, social pressures, and the linguistic realities faced by their children. The study highlighted the challenges and opportunities in balancing bilingualism by the families and the strategies they used to ease their reintegration into the Saudi homeland. This research contributed to a deeper understanding of the role of language in the transnational experiences of Saudi families and provided insights for educators and policymakers supporting these communities.121en-USLanguageParent Language IdeologiesSaudi Parent IdeologiesLanguage PolicyHomeland IntegrationSaudi Families In USASaudi Students AbroadLanguage MaintenanceMaintaining Arabic LanguageCosmopolitanismThesis