The Relationship between Korean Language Use and Linguistic Identity
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This study aims at identifying whether mother tongue use is related to the perception of linguistic identity among Korean immigrants to Australia. For the purpose of the study, the degree of exposure to Korean was investigated, followed by attitudes towards Korean as an index of strength of linguistic identity, and finally their perception of linguistic identity based on Korean use and Korean proficiency was analyzed. The data was collected by means of a questionnaire survey from eighty four secondary school students who have been staying in Sydney, Australia. The results showed that 85% of the participants used Korean at home (77% with their parents), showing only 15% of the participants were learning Korean after school. Furthermore, the participants had more negative attitudes towards Korean compared to English. When the factors of Korean use and Korean proficiency were analyzed, there was a clear relationship: the more frequent and fluent users of Korean language, the stronger perception of linguistic identity they had. Therefore, this study concludes that language use leading to language proficiency is closely related to the perception of linguistic identity and suggests that the exposure to mother tongue is necessary in second language situations in order to maintain one's linguistic identity.
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This study aims at identifying whether mother tongue use is related to the perception of linguistic identity among Korean immigrants to Australia. For the purpose of the study, the degree of exposure to Korean was investigated, followed by attitudes towards Korean as an index of strength of linguistic identity, and finally their perception of linguistic identity based on Korean use and Korean proficiency was analyzed. The data was collected by means of a questionnaire survey from eighty four secondary school students who have been staying in Sydney, Australia. The results showed that 85% of the participants used Korean at home (77% with their parents), showing only 15% of the participants were learning Korean after school. Furthermore, the participants had more negative attitudes towards Korean compared to English. When the factors of Korean use and Korean proficiency were analyzed, there was a clear relationship: the more frequent and fluent users of Korean language, the stronger perception of linguistic identity they had. Therefore, this study concludes that language use leading to language proficiency is closely related to the perception of linguistic identity and suggests that the exposure to mother tongue is necessary in second language situations in order to maintain one's linguistic identity.
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