Interrogating Asianized Native Speakerism and Academic Imperialism Through Translanguaging Spaces: From Korean-English Bilingual Perspectives

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session Saturday 3:20 pm Four Seasons Ballroom 2-3
  In Roundtable Session: AANHPI Communities’ Intergenerational, Transnational, and Translanguaging Perspectives (Table 11)

Abstract

This collaborative self-study explores how Korean-English bilingual scholars engage in inquiry into languaging to challenge the dominant influence of English, including linguistic imperialism and native speakerism. Grounded in language ideologies and translanguaging, our study draws on data from three inquiry projects to conduct metalanguaging and reflect on our transnational experiences. The findings reveal how ongoing dialogue within this transnational inquiry group helped us identify and address Asianized native speakerism and academic imperialism. Consequently, we transformed our linguistic identities as agentic multilinguals within translanguaging spaces. This study contributes to the AERA 2025 theme by examining how Korean-English bilingual scholars in the U.S. navigate and decolonize academic language practices, thereby reshaping our understanding of identity, knowledge production, and equity within educational contexts.

Authors

• Jin Kyeong Jung, Texas Tech University

• Soo Bin Jang, University of Delaware

• Sun Young Lee, Wichita State University

• Taeyeon Kim, University of Nebraska - Lincoln