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Language "Skills" and the Neoliberal English Education Industry
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Shin, Hyunjung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
Neoliberal transformation of self, learning, and teaching constructs individuals as bundles of skills (or human capital) and subordinates learning to skill production characterized by an ethic of entrepreneurial self-management [Urciuoli, Bonnie. 2010. "Neoliberal Education: Preparing the Student for the New Workplace." In…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Neoliberalism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Social Class, Habitus, and Language Learning: The Case of Korean Early Study-Abroad Students
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Shin, Hyunjung – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2014
In this article, I draw on Bourdieu's (1984, 1991) notion of "habitus" in order to explore the relationship between social class, language learning, and language teaching in the context of the global economy. To illustrate my points, I use "Early Study Abroad" (ESA), the transnational educational migration that Korean…
Descriptors: Social Capital, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Study Abroad
Everyday Racism in Canadian Schools: Ideologies of Language and Culture among Korean Transnational Students in Toronto
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Shin, Hyunjung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
Drawing from a 2.4-year ethnography with Korean Early Study Abroad (ESA, pre-college-aged study abroad) students in Toronto high schools, I examine the intersections among race, class, language, culture and citizenship (including immigrant status) in the identity construction and language learning of these students. Conceptualising race as a…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Global Approach, Race, Minority Groups