[KS] The Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Seminar Series 2019

[Mohita Roman]

Please circulate widely:

All welcome to The Melbourne Metropolitan Korean Studies Seminar Series
2019, Seminar 3 - 'Challenges of maintaining the mother’s language:
Southeast Asian marriage-migrants and their mixed-heritage children in
South Korea' by Dr. Mi Yung Par, University of Auckland.

*Date:* Monday, 15 April, 2019,  4.00-6.00pm (4.00-5.00 pm presentation,
followed by Q&A)

*Venue: *40 Exhibition Wlk, Clayton-G-T1-Matheson T1 (Library) Monash
University Clayton Campus

*Title: Challenges of maintaining the mother’s language: Southeast Asian
marriage-migrants and their mixed-heritage children in South Korea*

*Abstract*

This talk will examine the language use of Southeast Asian marriage-migrant
mothers in rural South Korea with their mixed-heritage children, and the
challenges related to heritage language (HL) transmission. Drawing on
in-depth interviews with ten women, the study finds that they encountered
multiple obstacles when attempting to teach the HL to their children due to
conflicting language practices and ideologies within their three-generation
families. The Korean family members regarded HL learning as a barrier to
the children’s success and discouraged the development of their bilingual
and bicultural identities. Moreover, the migrant women viewed themselves as
incapable mothers when they felt they could not support their children
academically. The mothers’ emphasis on the children’s academic and social
success led them to promote Korean at home. Implications for HL education
will be discussed.

*Bio*

Dr Mi Yung Park is Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies at the University of
Auckland. Her research interests include heritage language maintenance,
language and identity, and migration and multilingualism. She has published
her work in such journals as International Journal of Bilingual Education
and Bilingualism, Language and Education, Language and Intercultural
Communication, Journal of Pragmatics, and Classroom Discourse.

*Free event. All welcome! No registration necessary. Organised by Monash
University Korean Studies.*
For further information about Seminars please visit
https://arts.monash.edu/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/news-and-events/events/events/korean-seminar-series-dr-park-mi-yung?f.Event%20categories|9=school-of-languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics
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