Publications

Publication details [#56753]

Kang, Hyun-Sook and In-sop Kim. 2012. Perceived and actual competence and ethnic identity in heritage language learning: a case of Korean-American college students. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 15 (3) : 279–294.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | ethnicity | identity negotiation | language maintenance | language proficiency

Language as a subject

Korean

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper explores the accordance between second-generation Korean-American heritage learners' perceived and effective Korean proficiency vis-à-vis their ethnic identity orientation.