Conflicting ideologies of English in Korea: Study of bilingual adolescents

This study presented both quantitative findings with turn and qualitative findings through narratives of case study in order to understand the students’ language choices and the language ideologies embedded in families. The findings showed that their language choices are influenced by a few different elements. First, the interlocutors were a crucial affecting element of the participants’ language choices in the contexts of Korean monolingual ideology. The peer groups also influenced the bilinguals’ language choices. Above all, the parents’ attitudes influenced by social ideologies affected the bilingual students’ main language use. This study emphasizes the complexities of language choices of Korean bilingual adolescents, referring to the contradictions between the ideologies of the internal factors of families and individuals and the external factors of Korea. This study shed light on the problem of unequal capital possession when the linguistic capital is connected to economic advantage based on ideologies on the society.
Source: Linguistics and Education - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Source Type: research