Language Ideologies and Bilingual Education: A Korean-American Perspective

Autor/in	Jeon, Mihyon
Titel	Language Ideologies and Bilingual Education: A Korean-American Perspective
Quelle	In: Language Awareness, 16 (2007) 2, S.114-130 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-8416
DOI	10.2167/la369.0
Schlagwörter	Learning Motivation; Ideology; Korean; Immigrants; Conflict; Bilingual Education; Korean Americans; Ethnography; College Students; Language Fluency; Native Speakers; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Immersion Programs; Language Attitudes; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Ideologie; Koreanisch; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Konflikt; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Ethnografie; Collegestudent; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Muttersprachler; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Immersionsprogramm; Sprachverhalten; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	This paper is an ethnographic record of an ongoing journey during which I have tried to understand the kinds of language ideologies that my students and I have constructed about the Korean language. My students are mainly Korean-American university students who have never successfully achieved native fluency in their heritage language, although several attended Korean Saturday schools as children. A special expression, 'FOB' (Fresh Off the Boat), which I discovered during this journey, proved crucial to my understanding of my students' language ideology about the Korean language. My language ideology and that of my students appeared to be in conflict. My students were highly motivated to learn Korean, but they were opposed to Korean-English two-way immersion (TWI) programmes. I, however, strongly favoured these programmes. After a process of reflection, debate, journaling and interviewing, I reached a new understanding, reconciling the apparent ideological conflict that has separated me from my students. My findings suggest that ideologies towards the Korean language are inextricably bound to their views on English proficiency and Korean immigrants. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10