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Park, Mi Yung; Choi, Lee Jin – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2022
This narrative study focuses on how Gina, a Korean learner with a Korean immigrant mother and a European-descent New Zealander father, constructed her identities and engaged with Korean as a heritage language (HL) before, during, and after studying abroad in Korea. Gina's transformative experiences illustrate the links between HL learning and…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Females, Educational Experience, Language Attitudes
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Demont-Heinrich, Christof – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2012
This article looks at how mother-tongue English speakers and those who do not have English as a mother tongue discuss the complex questions that swirl around the "global" hegemony of English when given an opportunity to discuss these "directly" with one another. The article does so via an analysis of a series of online…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Slavic Languages, Native Speakers
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Tonkin, Humphrey – Critical Inquiry in Language Studies, 2011
Over the centuries, first Latin and then French, German, and Russian have receded in perceived importance as languages of science. Other powerful languages with extensive internal scientific discourse, such as Japanese and Chinese, have always been largely excluded. The dominance of English has elevated the reputation of English-language…
Descriptors: English for Science and Technology, Scientific Enterprise, Official Languages, Justice