Min Jung Jee
Biographic Data
| ID | 921293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Min Jung Jee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Min Jung |
| FAMILY NAME | Jee |
| SIGNATURE | JEE M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Queensland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3203-3646 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Popular culture, language learning, and (de)motivation: The experiences of Korean as a foreign language students in Australia and New Zealand
This study examines the motivational and demotivational factors influencing Australian and New Zealand university students learning Korean as a foreign language (KFL). It focuses on KFL learners’ experiences and the role of Korean popular culture in their language learning journey. The findings of the study reveal that these KFL learners are driven by integrative and intrinsic motivations, notably their engagement with Korean popular culture and …
Cultural adaptation of 1.5- and second-generation Koreans in Australia: The role of the heritage language
This study investigated a comprehensive profile of 55 1.5- and second-generation Koreans living in Australia in terms of cultural adaptation (i.e., sociocultural adjustment and psychological well-being), acculturation strategies and individual background. In particular, through a survey, this study focused on the relationships among the variables (i.e., acculturation strategies, cultural adaptation, and individual background) and the factors that…
Parental ideologies in heritage language maintenance: The case of Korean interlingual families in New Zealand
This study explores the role of parental ideologies in heritage language (HL) maintenance among three interlingual families in New Zealand. This study draws on data from semi-structured interviews with Korean immigrant mothers and non-Korean fathers. A thematic approach was used to analyze the data. The findings in this study revealed that the three families placed great value in Korean HL maintenance. All three family language policies (FLPs) ce…
Exploring cultural identity and perspectives of bicultural immigrants: A study on 1.5 and second generations of Koreans in Australia
This study focused on the perceived cultural identity of Korean Australians, with the objective of explaining the factors that shape their perceptions and how they are perceived in both Australia and their country of origin, Korea.A total of 142 participants representing the 1.5 and second generations of Korean Australians completed an online survey.The survey results showed that this group of Korean Australians demonstrated a bicultural identity…
Korean language learners’ motivation, remotivation, and demotivation: The Australian and New Zealand contexts
Despite the growing number of university students learning Korean as a foreign language (KFL), only a relatively small number of studies on motivation internationally have been conducted with KFL students. Drawing on survey and interview data, this mixed-methods study explores the motivation, remotivation, and demotivation of KFL students (n = 191) in Australia and New Zealand universities. KFL learners in this study reported a higher level of in…
Acculturation Strategies on Sociocultural Adaptation and Psychological Well-Being: First-Generation South Korean Immigrants in Australia
Understanding minority groups' acculturation attitudes and their impact on sociocultural and psychological adaptation is crucial for host countries to create environments conducive to the successful settlement of these groups. To that end, this study seeks to determine the potential influence of diverse acculturation strategies on the adaptation of first-generation South Korean immigrants across sociocultural and psychological domains. To do this…
Broadening the opportunities for Korean as a heritage language in Australia
Language maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii)
This study investigated heritage language (HL) maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii), an understudied population in the field. It focused on patterns of language use and factors (i.e. age at immigration (AI), self-rated language proficiency, and frequency of language use) influencing Korean heritage speakers’ self-defined identity. A total of 167 Korean immigrant …
Communicative anxiety among Korean immigrants in Australia: Causes and coping strategies
This study investigated levels of communicative anxiety (CA) among three generations of Korean immigrants (i.e., first, 1.5, and second generation) in Australia. A survey asking about their levels of CA in Korean (i.e., heritage language) and in English (i.e., majority language) was completed by 137 Korean immigrants. Some of the survey respondents participated in the open-ended questions and interviews, which asked about anxiety-arousing situati…
Heritage language anxiety and major language anxiety experienced by Korean immigrants in Australia
This study investigated the levels of heritage language anxiety (HLA) and major language anxiety (MLA) experienced by three generations of Korean immigrants (i.e. first, 1.5 and second generations) in their daily life contexts (i.e. with family members, with friends and with/around native speakers) in Australia. The study also examined the language background variables (i.e. age at exposure to Korean/English, self-rated Korean/English proficiency…
Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: Influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake
Heritage language proficiency in relation to attitudes, motivation, and age at immigration: A case of Korean-Australians
This study investigated Korean heritage speakers’ Korean language proficiency (i.e. morphosyntax, collocation, and lexicon) in relation to their attitudes, motivation, and age at immigration (AI). Seventy-six adult Korean-Australians with Korean literacy participated. Overall, participants showed high levels of Korean proficiency in all three linguistic areas (over 80% of accuracy), and exhibited features of successful second/foreign language lea…
Exploring Korean heritage language learners’ anxiety: ‘We are not afraid of Korean!’
This study investigated Korean heritage language (KHL) learners’ foreign language classroom anxiety, reading anxiety and writing anxiety using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) by Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope, the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS) by Saito, Garza and Horwitz and the Writing Apprehension Test (WAT) by Daly and Miller. Sixty-one KHL students enrolled in a heritage-track second semester Korean course at …
Affective factors in Korean as a Foreign Language: Anxiety and beliefs
This study investigated changes in levels of anxiety about learning a foreign language (FL) and in the language beliefs of first-year Korean-as-a-foreign-language (KFL) students in a US university throughout a year. Twelve students who enrolled in both of the two semesters of the first-year Korean I and II classes participated in this study. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory (BALLI)…
Heritage language proficiency in relation to attitudes, motivation, and age at immigration: A case of Korean-Australians
This study investigated Korean heritage speakers’ Korean language proficiency (i.e. morphosyntax, collocation, and lexicon) in relation to their attitudes, motivation, and age at immigration (AI). Seventy-six adult Korean-Australians with Korean literacy participated. Overall, participants showed high levels of Korean proficiency in all three linguistic areas (over 80% of accuracy), and exhibited features of successful second/foreign language lea…
Affective factors in Korean as a Foreign Language: Anxiety and beliefs
This study investigated changes in levels of anxiety about learning a foreign language (FL) and in the language beliefs of first-year Korean-as-a-foreign-language (KFL) students in a US university throughout a year. Twelve students who enrolled in both of the two semesters of the first-year Korean I and II classes participated in this study. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory (BALLI)…
Language maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii)
This study investigated heritage language (HL) maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii), an understudied population in the field. It focused on patterns of language use and factors (i.e. age at immigration (AI), self-rated language proficiency, and frequency of language use) influencing Korean heritage speakers’ self-defined identity. A total of 167 Korean immigrant …
Exploring Korean heritage language learners’ anxiety: ‘We are not afraid of Korean!’
This study investigated Korean heritage language (KHL) learners’ foreign language classroom anxiety, reading anxiety and writing anxiety using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) by Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope, the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS) by Saito, Garza and Horwitz and the Writing Apprehension Test (WAT) by Daly and Miller. Sixty-one KHL students enrolled in a heritage-track second semester Korean course at …
Exploring cultural identity and perspectives of bicultural immigrants: A study on 1.5 and second generations of Koreans in Australia
This study focused on the perceived cultural identity of Korean Australians, with the objective of explaining the factors that shape their perceptions and how they are perceived in both Australia and their country of origin, Korea.A total of 142 participants representing the 1.5 and second generations of Korean Australians completed an online survey.The survey results showed that this group of Korean Australians demonstrated a bicultural identity…
Affective factors in Korean as a Foreign Language: Anxiety and beliefs
This study investigated changes in levels of anxiety about learning a foreign language (FL) and in the language beliefs of first-year Korean-as-a-foreign-language (KFL) students in a US university throughout a year. Twelve students who enrolled in both of the two semesters of the first-year Korean I and II classes participated in this study. The Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) and Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory (BALLI)…
Exploring Korean heritage language learners’ anxiety: ‘We are not afraid of Korean!’
This study investigated Korean heritage language (KHL) learners’ foreign language classroom anxiety, reading anxiety and writing anxiety using the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS) by Horwitz, Horwitz and Cope, the Foreign Language Reading Anxiety Scale (FLRAS) by Saito, Garza and Horwitz and the Writing Apprehension Test (WAT) by Daly and Miller. Sixty-one KHL students enrolled in a heritage-track second semester Korean course at …
Heritage language proficiency in relation to attitudes, motivation, and age at immigration: A case of Korean-Australians
This study investigated Korean heritage speakers’ Korean language proficiency (i.e. morphosyntax, collocation, and lexicon) in relation to their attitudes, motivation, and age at immigration (AI). Seventy-six adult Korean-Australians with Korean literacy participated. Overall, participants showed high levels of Korean proficiency in all three linguistic areas (over 80% of accuracy), and exhibited features of successful second/foreign language lea…
Transpacific telecollaboration and L2 writing: Influences of interpersonal dynamics on peer feedback and revision uptake
Heritage language anxiety and major language anxiety experienced by Korean immigrants in Australia
This study investigated the levels of heritage language anxiety (HLA) and major language anxiety (MLA) experienced by three generations of Korean immigrants (i.e. first, 1.5 and second generations) in their daily life contexts (i.e. with family members, with friends and with/around native speakers) in Australia. The study also examined the language background variables (i.e. age at exposure to Korean/English, self-rated Korean/English proficiency…
Communicative anxiety among Korean immigrants in Australia: Causes and coping strategies
This study investigated levels of communicative anxiety (CA) among three generations of Korean immigrants (i.e., first, 1.5, and second generation) in Australia. A survey asking about their levels of CA in Korean (i.e., heritage language) and in English (i.e., majority language) was completed by 137 Korean immigrants. Some of the survey respondents participated in the open-ended questions and interviews, which asked about anxiety-arousing situati…
Broadening the opportunities for Korean as a heritage language in Australia
Language maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii)
This study investigated heritage language (HL) maintenance and ethnic identity among Korean heritage speakers in the Pacific region (Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii), an understudied population in the field. It focused on patterns of language use and factors (i.e. age at immigration (AI), self-rated language proficiency, and frequency of language use) influencing Korean heritage speakers’ self-defined identity. A total of 167 Korean immigrant …
Parental ideologies in heritage language maintenance: The case of Korean interlingual families in New Zealand
This study explores the role of parental ideologies in heritage language (HL) maintenance among three interlingual families in New Zealand. This study draws on data from semi-structured interviews with Korean immigrant mothers and non-Korean fathers. A thematic approach was used to analyze the data. The findings in this study revealed that the three families placed great value in Korean HL maintenance. All three family language policies (FLPs) ce…
Exploring cultural identity and perspectives of bicultural immigrants: A study on 1.5 and second generations of Koreans in Australia
This study focused on the perceived cultural identity of Korean Australians, with the objective of explaining the factors that shape their perceptions and how they are perceived in both Australia and their country of origin, Korea.A total of 142 participants representing the 1.5 and second generations of Korean Australians completed an online survey.The survey results showed that this group of Korean Australians demonstrated a bicultural identity…
Korean language learners’ motivation, remotivation, and demotivation: The Australian and New Zealand contexts
Despite the growing number of university students learning Korean as a foreign language (KFL), only a relatively small number of studies on motivation internationally have been conducted with KFL students. Drawing on survey and interview data, this mixed-methods study explores the motivation, remotivation, and demotivation of KFL students (n = 191) in Australia and New Zealand universities. KFL learners in this study reported a higher level of in…
Acculturation Strategies on Sociocultural Adaptation and Psychological Well-Being: First-Generation South Korean Immigrants in Australia
Understanding minority groups' acculturation attitudes and their impact on sociocultural and psychological adaptation is crucial for host countries to create environments conducive to the successful settlement of these groups. To that end, this study seeks to determine the potential influence of diverse acculturation strategies on the adaptation of first-generation South Korean immigrants across sociocultural and psychological domains. To do this…
Popular culture, language learning, and (de)motivation: The experiences of Korean as a foreign language students in Australia and New Zealand
This study examines the motivational and demotivational factors influencing Australian and New Zealand university students learning Korean as a foreign language (KFL). It focuses on KFL learners’ experiences and the role of Korean popular culture in their language learning journey. The findings of the study reveal that these KFL learners are driven by integrative and intrinsic motivations, notably their engagement with Korean popular culture and …
Cultural adaptation of 1.5- and second-generation Koreans in Australia: The role of the heritage language
This study investigated a comprehensive profile of 55 1.5- and second-generation Koreans living in Australia in terms of cultural adaptation (i.e., sociocultural adjustment and psychological well-being), acculturation strategies and individual background. In particular, through a survey, this study focused on the relationships among the variables (i.e., acculturation strategies, cultural adaptation, and individual background) and the factors that…
Psychology (10 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (9 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Immigration (7 works) · Heritage language (6 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works)