Description

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This collection critically reflects on the state-of-the-art research on Korean-as-a-heritage-language (KHL) teaching and learning, centering KHL as an object of empirical inquiry by offering multiple perspectives on its practices and directions for further research.

The volume expands prevailing notions of transnationalism and translanguaging by providing insights into the ways contemporary Korean immigrant and transnational families and individuals maintain their heritage language to participate in literary practices across borders. Experts from across the globe explore heritage language and literacy practices in Korean immigrant communities in varied geographic and educational contexts. In showcasing a myriad of perspectives across KHL research, the collection addresses such key questions as how heritage language learners' literacy practices impact their identities, how their families support KHL development at home, and what challenges and opportunities stakeholders need to consider in KHL education and in turn, heritage language education, more broadly.

This book will be of interest to families, teachers, scholars, and language program administrators in Korean language education, heritage language education, applied linguistics, and bilingual education.

About the Author

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Hyesun Cho (Ph.D. University of Hawai'i at Mānoa) is Associate Professor of TESOL in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Kansas, USA. In addition to working with undergraduate and graduate students in education, Hyesun directs a faculty-led summer study abroad program in Korea where student teachers teach English in the Korean secondary classroom. Her research interests include heritage language education, critical literacy, social identity, and teacher education for social justice. Her work has appeared in Race, Ethnicity and Education; Critical Inquiry in Language Studies; Language and Education; Curriculum Inquiry; and Teaching and Teacher Education. Her research monograph (with R. Al-Samiri and J. Gao) on transnational graduate students in US TESOL programs was published by Routledge in 2022.Kwangok Song (Ph.D. The University of Texas at Austin) is Associate Professor of Literacy Education in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Kansas, USA. Kwangok's research concerns sociocultural factors and sociocognitive aspects of literacy and learning. Particularly, her research addresses the intersection of language, literacy, and learning to explore biliteracy practices and the impact of language ideologies on literacy practices within the multilingual immigrant communities. Her recent work appeared in the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, Language Arts, Bilingual Research Journal, International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, Theory into Practice, and Educational Research Review.