"I Had the Best of Both Worlds": Transnational Sense of Belonging-Second-Generation Korean Americans' Heritage Language Learning Journey

Autor/in	Jeon, Ahrum
Titel	"I Had the Best of Both Worlds": Transnational Sense of Belonging-Second-Generation Korean Americans' Heritage Language Learning Journey
Quelle	In: Language and Education, 34 (2020) 6, S.553-565 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jeon, Ahrum)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0782
DOI	10.1080/09500782.2020.1825478
Schlagwörter	Sense of Community; Korean Americans; Native Language; Identification (Psychology); Cultural Awareness; Adults; Language Attitudes; Attitude Change; Racial Discrimination; New York (New York); Massachusetts (Boston); California; Maryland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Sprachverhalten; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Racial bias; Rassismus; Kalifornien
Abstract	This study explores how a transnational sense of belonging is constructed within and through heritage language (HL) learning among second-generation Korean American adults throughout their life trajectories. Drawing from eight semi-structured interviews, I show how engaging in HL learning has situated these individuals within transnational social fields, where they, as children of immigrants, were consistently invited through the learning and use of HL to revisit an imagined Koreanness. From being forced speakers of an HL to being willing and inclined to speak it, my participants started to pursue a transnational sense of belonging as a response to the impossibility of being a full American. Findings from this study suggest that their HL learning trajectories, characterized by care and support from the wider immigrant communities, enabled them to become attuned to the broader transnational community while rearticulating belonging from both worlds. This study challenges the notion of transnational connection as a one-generation phenomenon and highlights the need for longitudinal research that can provide us with vital insights into the continuities of second-generation immigrants' transnational connections. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01