The Growth Trajectories of Korean and English Learning of "Multicultural" Adolescents in South Korea: A Growth Curve Analysis

• In Event: 26.081 - Poster Session 3
  In Poster Session: 26.081-1 - Division G Section 4: Policy and Praxis

Abstract

South Korea has confronted all facets of globalization, and its traditional practices are at a test. Rooted in the monolingual and monocultural ideology, this nation-state now hosts the first-generation of marriage migrant women from Vietnam, China, and the Philippines and their children. Internally referred to as multicultural families, this contracting international marriage has been imposed upon a number of social stigma in South Korea. This paper investigates if “multicultural” students indeed are not proficient in both Korean and English compared to their “non-multicultural” peers as many South Korean institutions argue. Using the Korean Educational Longitudinal Study of 2005 data, this study shows that the family type had no significant effects on “multicultural” students’ longitudinal developments of Korean and English proficiency.

Authors

• Jinho Kim, University of California - Berkeley

• Jaran Shin, University of California - Berkeley