Korean heritage students and language literacy: A qualitative approach

Julie Damron; Justin Forsyth

doi:10.21049/ccs.2010.20..29

Korean heritage students and language literacy: A qualitative approach

Cross-Cultural Studies
2010, 20(), pp.29-66
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2010.20..29
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Humanities > Literature

Julie Damron ¹, Justin Forsyth ¹

¹Brigham Young University

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This paper is a qualitative study of the experiences of Korean heritage language learners (KHLLs) with literacy (reading and writing), particularly before they enter the college-level heritage language classroom. Previous research, both qualitative and quantitative, has addressed the overall language background of KHLLs, including oral and aural proficiency and writing and reading ability, as well as demographic information (such as when the student immigrated to the United States) in relation to language test scores. This study addresses KHLL experiences in the following six areas as they relate to student perceptions and attitudes toward their own heritage language literacy: language proficiency, motivation for learning, academic preparedness, cultural connectedness, emotional factors, and social factors. Fourteen undergraduate students at a university in the western United States participated in a convenience sample by responding to a 10-question survey. Trends in responses indicated that KHLLs entered the classroom with high integrational motivation and experienced great satisfaction with perceived progress in literacy, but students also expressed regret for having missed childhood learning experiences that would likely have resulted in higher proficiency. These experiences include informal and formal instruction in the home and formal instruction outside of the home.

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Korean literacy, heritage language literacy, Korean heritage language learners

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