Perceived and actual competence and ethnic identity in heritage language learning: A case of Korean-American college students

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 279-294

  Kang, Hyun Sook ^a   Kim, In sop ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnic identity; heritage language learning; Korean Americans; language assessment; language maintenance; self assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860338485     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2011.626846     Document Type: Article

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