Language learning as a site for belonging: A narrative analysis of Korean adoptee-returnees

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 399-412

  Higgins, Christina ^a   Stoker, Kim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Duksung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cultural belonging; Heritage language; International adoption; Korea; Social inclusion; Third space

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958693727     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2011.573064     Document Type: Article

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