1st Edition
The Korean Case for Youth Language Learning
Introduction: Generation Z and Korean language learning. Nicola Fraschini & Jieun Kiaer.
Part 1. Policies, curricula, and assessment
1. Learning Korean in high school: The Year 11 and Year 12 Korean language syllabi in Victoria and Western Australia. Hyun Mi Kim and Nicola Fraschini.
2. Flourishing but with challenges: Korean Language Education for young Vietnamese learners. Trần Thị Hường.
3. Teaching Korean in Japanese high schools: Structure, materials, and assessments. Ankoo Lee.
4. Korean language at the secondary level in Taiwan: Learners, policies, and resources. Byung-sun Park.
Part 2. Teaching methods and learning practices
5. The impact of the Korean Wave on Korean language studies in Israel. Minjeung Ko and Alon Levkowitz.
6. Transcending educational boundaries: The impact of eTandem virtual exchange among Generation Z learners of Korean. Na-young Ryu, Eun Gyong Kim, and Lan Kim.
7. From the classroom to variety shows, films, and web-novels: Korean language learning in Kenya. Park Yujin.
8. Korean Wave and informal language learning: Learners’ perspectives in online spaces. Kyung-Eun Yoon.
9. Korean language learning beyond the classroom in young Korean Australians. Sun Jung Joo.
Part 3. Learners’ individual differences
10. Young learner perspectives on semi-formal, extracurricular Korean language learning in the UK. Simon Barnes-Sadler, Jieun Kiaer, and Heeseong Ahn
11. Transitioning from high school: Chinese students’ triggers to major in Korean Language and Literature at university. Shan Xue, Chengwen Yuan, and Nicola Fraschini.
12. Korean language learning among Turkish students: Young learners’ perspectives, motivation, and vision. Pınar Altundağ.
13. Enjoyment in learning Korean as a foreign language: Learner subjectivity in Thailand. Athip Thumvichit.
Biography
Nicola Fraschini is Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne Asia Institute, where he is Head of Program of Korean Studies and Director of the Global Korea Research Hub. His research focuses on the psychology of language teaching and learning and Q methodology.
Jieun Kiaer is YBM-KF Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics at the University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow at Hertford College. Her research focuses on multilingualism, translanguaging, and language education in digital contexts. She works closely with policymakers, including the UK Department for Education, to support language education and curriculum innovation.
