Youngjoo Seo
Biographic Data
| ID | 6175808 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Youngjoo Seo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Youngjoo |
| FAMILY NAME | Seo |
| SIGNATURE | SEO Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Myongji University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2408-6702 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Development and application of an anti-racist approach in English language teaching
South Koreans have long perceived their country to be an ethnically homogenous nation despite the rapidly growing inflow of migration workers and international marriage migrants. Such perceptions foster negative attitudes towards people viewed as outsiders. To counter such attitudes, English teachers acknowledge the need to nurture respect for cultural diversity and recognition of pluralism in a globalized world in their study and address anti-ra…
Integrating antiracist pedagogy in a Korean EFL classroom
This is a collaborative study between a researcher and a teacher of English as a foreign language (EFL) in South Korea that focuses on integrating antiracist pedagogy within English language instruction in middle schools. Despite Korea’s revised English curriculum emphasizing cultural diversity, existing textbooks often lack adequate racial representation. The study addresses this gap by exploring how antiracist education, grounded in Critical Ra…
Why can’t I teach English? A case study of the racialized experiences of a female Ugandan teacher of English in an EFL context
Despite an increase in ethnic diversity within the country, the English language teaching workforce remains undeniably binary in Korea. Using an intersectionality lens, this study was an exploration of the racialized experiences of one Ugandan female teacher of English working in Korean ELT. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to investigate how she perceived herself as an English speaker and teacher and how Koreans’ stereotypes of ideal En…
Racial literacy development in online intercultural education in the EFL classroom
Intercultural competence refers to people's ability to understand and respect each other across all types of cultural barriers, and racial literacy stands out as a fundamental component of this competency. Particularly, in Korea, which has recently rapidly become a multicultural society, understanding diversity and cultivating racial literacy are important competencies. To achieve this goal, the teacher's role is important in developing and opera…
Enthusiasm, obsession, or delusion? language ideologies and negotiating identities of one non-native English teacher in an EFL context
As a part of longitudinal qualitative research project, this case study is an examination of how one Korean EFL teacher, an English enthusiast, developed his multiple identities within his school, home, and social communities. Examination of his trajectories in these domains sheds light on how the native-speakerism ideology prevailing in Korea had influenced the non-native English-speaking teacher's identity development and was affecting his life…
The role of home language environment and parental efforts in children’s English development in an EFL context
Despite the unique status of English as a super-power among foreign languages in Korea, and researchers’ increasing interest in Korean parents’ zeal for achieving their children’s early bilingualism and willingness to invest heavily in private English education outside of school, insufficient attention has been paid to the role of parental involvement and English-friendly home environments in Korean children’s early bilingual education. According…
Bilingual myths and challenges of bilingual parenting as nonnative English speakers
Exploring lived experiences of Black female English teachers in South Korea
English language teaching has become a global phenomenon, involving racially and culturally diverse teachers travelling across national borders. While these transnational teachers bring diversity to host countries, the superiority of White native English speakers continues to be reinforced. This raciolinguistic ideology can uniquely shape the subjectivities of English language teachers of colour who sojourn abroad. Focusing on three African Ameri…
An emerging trend in English education in Korea
Korean parents are strongly committed to investing time, effort, and money into improving their children's English competence in order to maximize their human capital in the era of globalization, a phenomenon often referred to as ‘English fever’ (Park, 2009). However, because of the Korean socio-economic structure, there is considerable disparity among families in the financial investment they can afford. Therefore, in the educational privileges …
Negotiating teacher identity
Most recent research on teacher identity in the TESOL field has focused on how non-native English-speaking teachers (non-NESTs) view and position themselves vis-à-vis native English-speaking teachers (NESTs), and which factors influence their construction of their professional identities. However, the perceived native speaker/non-native speaker (NS–NNS) dichotomy greatly oversimplifies a complicated phenomenon by representing it as solely linguis…
Exploring lived experiences of Black female English teachers in South Korea
English language teaching has become a global phenomenon, involving racially and culturally diverse teachers travelling across national borders. While these transnational teachers bring diversity to host countries, the superiority of White native English speakers continues to be reinforced. This raciolinguistic ideology can uniquely shape the subjectivities of English language teachers of colour who sojourn abroad. Focusing on three African Ameri…
The role of home language environment and parental efforts in children’s English development in an EFL context
Despite the unique status of English as a super-power among foreign languages in Korea, and researchers’ increasing interest in Korean parents’ zeal for achieving their children’s early bilingualism and willingness to invest heavily in private English education outside of school, insufficient attention has been paid to the role of parental involvement and English-friendly home environments in Korean children’s early bilingual education. According…
Enthusiasm, obsession, or delusion? language ideologies and negotiating identities of one non-native English teacher in an EFL context
As a part of longitudinal qualitative research project, this case study is an examination of how one Korean EFL teacher, an English enthusiast, developed his multiple identities within his school, home, and social communities. Examination of his trajectories in these domains sheds light on how the native-speakerism ideology prevailing in Korea had influenced the non-native English-speaking teacher's identity development and was affecting his life…
An emerging trend in English education in Korea
Korean parents are strongly committed to investing time, effort, and money into improving their children's English competence in order to maximize their human capital in the era of globalization, a phenomenon often referred to as ‘English fever’ (Park, 2009). However, because of the Korean socio-economic structure, there is considerable disparity among families in the financial investment they can afford. Therefore, in the educational privileges …
Negotiating teacher identity
Most recent research on teacher identity in the TESOL field has focused on how non-native English-speaking teachers (non-NESTs) view and position themselves vis-à-vis native English-speaking teachers (NESTs), and which factors influence their construction of their professional identities. However, the perceived native speaker/non-native speaker (NS–NNS) dichotomy greatly oversimplifies a complicated phenomenon by representing it as solely linguis…
Bilingual myths and challenges of bilingual parenting as nonnative English speakers
Exploring lived experiences of Black female English teachers in South Korea
English language teaching has become a global phenomenon, involving racially and culturally diverse teachers travelling across national borders. While these transnational teachers bring diversity to host countries, the superiority of White native English speakers continues to be reinforced. This raciolinguistic ideology can uniquely shape the subjectivities of English language teachers of colour who sojourn abroad. Focusing on three African Ameri…
Enthusiasm, obsession, or delusion? language ideologies and negotiating identities of one non-native English teacher in an EFL context
As a part of longitudinal qualitative research project, this case study is an examination of how one Korean EFL teacher, an English enthusiast, developed his multiple identities within his school, home, and social communities. Examination of his trajectories in these domains sheds light on how the native-speakerism ideology prevailing in Korea had influenced the non-native English-speaking teacher's identity development and was affecting his life…
The role of home language environment and parental efforts in children’s English development in an EFL context
Despite the unique status of English as a super-power among foreign languages in Korea, and researchers’ increasing interest in Korean parents’ zeal for achieving their children’s early bilingualism and willingness to invest heavily in private English education outside of school, insufficient attention has been paid to the role of parental involvement and English-friendly home environments in Korean children’s early bilingual education. According…
Why can’t I teach English? A case study of the racialized experiences of a female Ugandan teacher of English in an EFL context
Despite an increase in ethnic diversity within the country, the English language teaching workforce remains undeniably binary in Korea. Using an intersectionality lens, this study was an exploration of the racialized experiences of one Ugandan female teacher of English working in Korean ELT. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to investigate how she perceived herself as an English speaker and teacher and how Koreans’ stereotypes of ideal En…
Racial literacy development in online intercultural education in the EFL classroom
Intercultural competence refers to people's ability to understand and respect each other across all types of cultural barriers, and racial literacy stands out as a fundamental component of this competency. Particularly, in Korea, which has recently rapidly become a multicultural society, understanding diversity and cultivating racial literacy are important competencies. To achieve this goal, the teacher's role is important in developing and opera…
Development and application of an anti-racist approach in English language teaching
South Koreans have long perceived their country to be an ethnically homogenous nation despite the rapidly growing inflow of migration workers and international marriage migrants. Such perceptions foster negative attitudes towards people viewed as outsiders. To counter such attitudes, English teachers acknowledge the need to nurture respect for cultural diversity and recognition of pluralism in a globalized world in their study and address anti-ra…
Integrating antiracist pedagogy in a Korean EFL classroom
This is a collaborative study between a researcher and a teacher of English as a foreign language (EFL) in South Korea that focuses on integrating antiracist pedagogy within English language instruction in middle schools. Despite Korea’s revised English curriculum emphasizing cultural diversity, existing textbooks often lack adequate racial representation. The study addresses this gap by exploring how antiracist education, grounded in Critical Ra…
Multilingual Education and Policy (9 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Linguistics (6 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (5 works) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (5 works) · First language (4 works)