Article: Learning Korean language in China: Motivations and strategies of non-Koreans

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TitleLearning Korean language in China: Motivations and strategies of non-Koreans
AuthorsGao, F1
KeywordsInstrumental motivation
Integrative motivation
Korean language
Multilingualism
Non-korean
Issue Date2010
PublisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13670050.asp
CitationInternational Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2010, v. 13 n. 3, p. 273-284 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13670050903006929
AbstractThe ethnographic research reported in this article documents how a group of non-Korean families, whose children are participating in a Korean bilingual school in Northeast China, construct their motivations and strategies of learning Korean language. The main motivation of expectancy of further education opportunities and success in future career and strategies mainly in establishing Korean sociocultural context for Korean language acquisition are described. The positive attitude of non-Korean families toward Korean language studies highlights the functional importance of Korean language as a means of acquiring a larger benefit from China's economic marketization, especially increasing business contacts with South Korea. With the challenges of Korean language studies, this article argues that the increasing significance of trilingualism or even multilingualism in China's reform period implies the necessity of relevant policy initiations for the increasing needs of language acquisition.
ISSN1367-0050
2011 Impact Factor: 0.809
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.031
DOIhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13670050903006929
ISI Accession Number IDWOS:000294903700001
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dc.contributor.authorGao, F
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-23T08:56:29Z
dc.date.available2010-12-23T08:56:29Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe ethnographic research reported in this article documents how a group of non-Korean families, whose children are participating in a Korean bilingual school in Northeast China, construct their motivations and strategies of learning Korean language. The main motivation of expectancy of further education opportunities and success in future career and strategies mainly in establishing Korean sociocultural context for Korean language acquisition are described. The positive attitude of non-Korean families toward Korean language studies highlights the functional importance of Korean language as a means of acquiring a larger benefit from China's economic marketization, especially increasing business contacts with South Korea. With the challenges of Korean language studies, this article argues that the increasing significance of trilingualism or even multilingualism in China's reform period implies the necessity of relevant policy initiations for the increasing needs of language acquisition.
dc.description.naturepostprint
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2010, v. 13 n. 3, p. 273-284 [How to Cite?]
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13670050903006929
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13670050903006929
dc.identifier.epage284
dc.identifier.hkuros178351
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000294903700001
dc.identifier.issn1367-0050
2011 Impact Factor: 0.809
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.031
dc.identifier.issue3
dc.identifier.openurl
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-77951277451
dc.identifier.spage273
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/130560
dc.identifier.volume13
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/13670050.asp
dc.relation.ispartofInternational Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
dc.rightsThis is an electronic version of an article published in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2010, v. 13 n. 3, p. 273-284. The article is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13670050903006929
dc.rightsCreative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License
dc.subjectInstrumental motivation
dc.subjectIntegrative motivation
dc.subjectKorean language
dc.subjectMultilingualism
dc.subjectNon-korean
dc.titleLearning Korean language in China: Motivations and strategies of non-Koreans
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong