So Jung Kim
Biographic Data
| ID | 3674734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | So Jung Kim |
| GIVEN NAMES | So Jung |
| FAMILY NAME | Kim |
| SIGNATURE | KIM S J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at El Paso |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7859-6591 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fostering Critical Media Conversations About Race and Gender in Bilingual Families
We explore how children’s media can be integrated into family literacy practices to encourage critical thinking about race and gender portrayals in animated videos. Data were collected over three months from various sources, including observations, interviews, and children’s work. The study’s findings suggest an expanded perspective on family literacy in the dual language context, serving as a platform for young bilingual children and parents to …
Wake up! You are in the race now
The present research study explores the intersection of critical literacy, bilingualism, and sociocultural perspectives by examining how critical literacy can be integrated into the reading of classic stories in bilingual households to create supportive family literacy environments. Through the use of multiple case studies, data were collected over three months through multiple sources including observations and interviews with mothers and childr…
I'm a Kid Citizen of Two Countries”
Despite the increasing emphasis on social studies in Early Childhood Education, there has been a serious paucity of empirical studies on how culturally and linguistically diverse children develop their emergent understanding on their identities and citizenships in different racial and cultural surroundings. The main purpose of this article is to explore the intersections of bilingualism, early literacy practices, and social studies education by e…
Facilitating critical dialogues with bilingual kindergartners through animated books
The main purpose of this article is to investigate the intersection of early-literacy curricula, multiliteracies, and bilingualism by analyzing young bilingual children’s conversations about gender and socio-economic class representations in animated storybooks. As part of a longitudinal study, the study focused on six kindergarten-age children at the Korean Language School (KLS) in a city in the Midwest United States. The study was conducted fro…
A music‐themed early critical media literacy practice with young bilingual learners
Adopting a multiple case‐study approach, the current article explores how a music‐based, early critical media literacy practice can help young Korean bilingual children critically engage with the lyrics of the songs and visual images in the music videos––short animated films that provided audio, corresponding lyrics and visual images simultaneously. As part of a large‐scale research project, this study focuses on data collected over a 4‐month per…
Don’t bully! We are all different”
In spite of the increased attention that has been given to early critical literacy practices, there remains a limited amount of scholarship dedicated to exploring how critical literacy may be implemented in early childhood classrooms to prevent bullying. As such, the purpose of this article is to examine the pedagogical potential of early critical literacy with bullying-themes, for educating young children on anti-bullying. Using a qualitative st…
Speaking In-Between
precis: This essay presents a transcultural and transhistorical case that exhibits the impact of everyday language use in the practice of Christian spirituality, which stems from the biblical sermo humilis of late antiquity Christians, across and throughout the history of Christian mission and evangelism. In the specific case of Yi Suni, a Korean female martyr, I argue, this manner of sermo humilis kindles such Spirit-led influence in a mission f…
Enriching Critical Literacy Through Children's Literature
Korean bilingual children’s conversations about gender in online books
Although a great deal of research has been undertaken in media literacy, early bilingual instruction, gender, and critical thinking, nothing has been documented about the intersection of these four areas. This interdisciplinary study explored the transformative potential of early critical media literacy practices as a medium to prompt authentic discussions about gender with young bilingual children. Adopting a qualitative case study approach, the…
A situated perspective on bilingual development
In spite of the increasing Korean population, there is still a paucity of studies examining emergent Korean bilingual children's dual-language development within their social contexts. In particular, no existing study has paid attention to the honorific system of Korean, which is one of the most important features in learning the Korean language. In order to address the research gap, this qualitative case study explores how four-year-old, Korean–…
“Pink is a Girl's Color”
This article discusses the results of an empirical study that examined young bilingual students' discussions of picture books dealing with gender themes in a Spanish/English bilingual classroom. The study focused on the reading of five picture books by sixteen 5-year-old Mexican-origin children at a small charter school. The data were collected by video/audio recordings, interviews, and children's artifacts over a period of five months. The findi…
Korean-Origin Kindergarten Children’s Response to African-American Characters in Race-Themed Picture Books
In spite of the contributions of previous studies about multicultural education, children’s literature, and teaching for social justice, no study had investigated their intersection. This qualitative case study explores how kindergarten-age Korean children respond to African-American characters in picture books during read-alouds. The data were collected by audio-recordings, open-ended interviews, children’s artifacts, and observational field not…
Possibilities and challenges of early critical literacy practices
Despite the emphasis on the significance of critical literacy, there has been a startling paucity of studies examining how critical literacy pedagogies can be implemented to preschool bilingual settings. In order to address this gap in the research, this qualitative case study examines the possibilities and challenges of critical literacy in bilingual Korean preschool contexts. Based on Freire’s notion that literacy is inherently political, this …
Possibilities and challenges of early critical literacy practices
Despite the emphasis on the significance of critical literacy, there has been a startling paucity of studies examining how critical literacy pedagogies can be implemented to preschool bilingual settings. In order to address this gap in the research, this qualitative case study examines the possibilities and challenges of critical literacy in bilingual Korean preschool contexts. Based on Freire’s notion that literacy is inherently political, this …
Possibilities and challenges of early critical literacy practices
Despite the emphasis on the significance of critical literacy, there has been a startling paucity of studies examining how critical literacy pedagogies can be implemented to preschool bilingual settings. In order to address this gap in the research, this qualitative case study examines the possibilities and challenges of critical literacy in bilingual Korean preschool contexts. Based on Freire’s notion that literacy is inherently political, this …
Korean-Origin Kindergarten Children’s Response to African-American Characters in Race-Themed Picture Books
In spite of the contributions of previous studies about multicultural education, children’s literature, and teaching for social justice, no study had investigated their intersection. This qualitative case study explores how kindergarten-age Korean children respond to African-American characters in picture books during read-alouds. The data were collected by audio-recordings, open-ended interviews, children’s artifacts, and observational field not…
“Pink is a Girl's Color”
This article discusses the results of an empirical study that examined young bilingual students' discussions of picture books dealing with gender themes in a Spanish/English bilingual classroom. The study focused on the reading of five picture books by sixteen 5-year-old Mexican-origin children at a small charter school. The data were collected by video/audio recordings, interviews, and children's artifacts over a period of five months. The findi…
Korean bilingual children’s conversations about gender in online books
Although a great deal of research has been undertaken in media literacy, early bilingual instruction, gender, and critical thinking, nothing has been documented about the intersection of these four areas. This interdisciplinary study explored the transformative potential of early critical media literacy practices as a medium to prompt authentic discussions about gender with young bilingual children. Adopting a qualitative case study approach, the…
A situated perspective on bilingual development
In spite of the increasing Korean population, there is still a paucity of studies examining emergent Korean bilingual children's dual-language development within their social contexts. In particular, no existing study has paid attention to the honorific system of Korean, which is one of the most important features in learning the Korean language. In order to address the research gap, this qualitative case study explores how four-year-old, Korean–…
Enriching Critical Literacy Through Children's Literature
Facilitating critical dialogues with bilingual kindergartners through animated books
The main purpose of this article is to investigate the intersection of early-literacy curricula, multiliteracies, and bilingualism by analyzing young bilingual children’s conversations about gender and socio-economic class representations in animated storybooks. As part of a longitudinal study, the study focused on six kindergarten-age children at the Korean Language School (KLS) in a city in the Midwest United States. The study was conducted fro…
A music‐themed early critical media literacy practice with young bilingual learners
Adopting a multiple case‐study approach, the current article explores how a music‐based, early critical media literacy practice can help young Korean bilingual children critically engage with the lyrics of the songs and visual images in the music videos––short animated films that provided audio, corresponding lyrics and visual images simultaneously. As part of a large‐scale research project, this study focuses on data collected over a 4‐month per…
Don’t bully! We are all different”
In spite of the increased attention that has been given to early critical literacy practices, there remains a limited amount of scholarship dedicated to exploring how critical literacy may be implemented in early childhood classrooms to prevent bullying. As such, the purpose of this article is to examine the pedagogical potential of early critical literacy with bullying-themes, for educating young children on anti-bullying. Using a qualitative st…
Speaking In-Between
precis: This essay presents a transcultural and transhistorical case that exhibits the impact of everyday language use in the practice of Christian spirituality, which stems from the biblical sermo humilis of late antiquity Christians, across and throughout the history of Christian mission and evangelism. In the specific case of Yi Suni, a Korean female martyr, I argue, this manner of sermo humilis kindles such Spirit-led influence in a mission f…
I'm a Kid Citizen of Two Countries”
Despite the increasing emphasis on social studies in Early Childhood Education, there has been a serious paucity of empirical studies on how culturally and linguistically diverse children develop their emergent understanding on their identities and citizenships in different racial and cultural surroundings. The main purpose of this article is to explore the intersections of bilingualism, early literacy practices, and social studies education by e…
Fostering Critical Media Conversations About Race and Gender in Bilingual Families
We explore how children’s media can be integrated into family literacy practices to encourage critical thinking about race and gender portrayals in animated videos. Data were collected over three months from various sources, including observations, interviews, and children’s work. The study’s findings suggest an expanded perspective on family literacy in the dual language context, serving as a platform for young bilingual children and parents to …
Wake up! You are in the race now
The present research study explores the intersection of critical literacy, bilingualism, and sociocultural perspectives by examining how critical literacy can be integrated into the reading of classic stories in bilingual households to create supportive family literacy environments. Through the use of multiple case studies, data were collected over three months through multiple sources including observations and interviews with mothers and childr…
Literacy (10 works) · Pedagogy (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Literacy, Media, and Education (7 works) · Neuroscience of multilingualism (7 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (5 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works)