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A poetic inquiry into learning English as an additional language

Korean learners’ perceptions through sijo, Korean poetry

Bibliographic Data

ID20403971
AuthorsKyung Min Kim (0000-0003-2953-6696, Miami University), Soyeon Kim (0000-0002-2798-2257, Korea institute for curriculum and evaluation), So-Yeon Kim (0000-0001-8741-5396, Korea institute for curriculum and evaluation, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume27
Issue4
Pages295-311
Publication date2018-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Awareness (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0965-8416 • E-ISSN: 1747-7565
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09658416.2018.1527344
OpenAlexW2906932988
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited26

Educators have raised awareness of the importance of meaning in second language instruction over the last decades. However, second language (L2) education has not been as meaningful as researchers might have hoped. Drawing on Hanauer’s meaningful literacy, this qualitative research examines Korean students’ awareness of the English language learning process, elicited through a combination of poetry and interviews in their first language. Eighteen participants were recruited from two universities, one in the United States and one in South Korea. Findings reveal varying perceptions of the English learning process among the participants according to group and culture. The analysis illustrates that L2 learning is an emotionally loaded experience, even in contexts that are ostensibly normal and insignificant. This study provides illustrative vignettes in sijo—a Korean poetic form—that capture various subject positions of L2 learners, thereby elucidating how they experienced English. Moving away from the scaled version of language learning, we argue that one of the defining principles of L2 research should be to appreciate the emotive and social nature of language learning

Emotive · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Literacy · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Perception · Poetry · Qualitative research · Sociology · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Literacy, Media, and Education · Psychology · Reflective Practices in Education

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Citations per year0,67
Citation span2020 - 2025 (6)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4

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