“I want my children to become global citizens”

IF 0.9 Q2 LINGUISTICS

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2023-07-04 DOI:10.1075/aral.22035.joo

S. Joo, Alice Chik, Emilia Djonov

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Abstract

Increasing globalisation has spurred a flow of migrants worldwide. These movements include exchanges of migrants’ linguistic repertoires across regions, transforming the ways in which they define themselves in a multilingual society. Unlike identity categories such as ethnic identity, the contested concept of citizenship identity has remained underexplored in heritage language (HL) research. Focusing on Korean migrant families in Australia, this study extends the limited knowledge about the roles of citizenship in HL maintenance across different generations. Specifically, drawing on interviews with six Korean-speaking parents and their children, this study compares the ways in which migrant parents and their primary and secondary school-aged children relate a HL to their citizenship status. Thematic analysis reveals that while HL-speaking children tend to associate their language with national or ethnic identities, migrant parents are more likely to identify their children as global citizens whose HL competencies are essential for their future career and economic advantage. The study contributes to scholarship at the intersection of HL, citizenship, and globalisation.

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“我希望我的孩子成为世界公民”

日益增长的全球化刺激了世界范围内的移民潮。这些运动包括移民跨地区的语言交流，改变了他们在多语言社会中定义自己的方式。与种族认同等身份类别不同，有争议的公民身份概念在遗产语言(HL)研究中仍未得到充分探讨。本研究以在澳洲的韩国移民家庭为研究对象，扩展了对国籍在不同世代维持HL中的作用的有限认识。具体而言，本研究通过对六位讲韩语的父母及其子女的访谈，比较了移民父母及其小学和中学学龄子女将HL与其公民身份联系起来的方式。专题分析显示，虽然说HL的儿童倾向于将其语言与国家或种族身份联系起来，但移民父母更有可能将他们的孩子视为全球公民，他们的HL能力对他们未来的职业和经济优势至关重要。这项研究为人类健康、公民身份和全球化交叉领域的学术研究做出了贡献。

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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-

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2.70

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8.30%

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期刊介绍： The Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) is the preeminent journal of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA). ARAL is a peer reviewed journal that promotes scholarly discussion and contemporary understandings of language-related matters with a view to impacting on real-world problems and debates. The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research on language/s in educational, professional, institutional and community settings. ARAL welcomes national and international submissions presenting research related to any of the major sub-disciplines of Applied Linguistics as well as transdisciplinary studies. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: · Analysis of discourse and interaction · Assessment and evaluation · Bi/multilingualism and bi/multilingual education · Corpus linguistics · Cognitive linguistics · Language, culture and identity · Language maintenance and revitalization · Language planning and policy · Language teaching and learning, including specific languages and TESOL · Pragmatics · Research design and methodology · Second language acquisition · Sociolinguistics · Language and technology · Translating and interpreting.