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A valuable contribution to the sociolinguistics of inequality in a global Korean context
This edited volume examines how ethnic nationalism and dominant language ideologies shape policies, discourses and lived experiences in Korean society and diasporic settings. It brings together research on linguistically diverse speakers to engage critically with monolingual and monocultural ideologies of Koreanness, histories of migration, transnationalism and interethnic relations.
Organized into three sections, it explores linguistic discrimination within Korea, Korean language and identity abroad and barriers to Korean language learning and teaching, offering suggestions for improving access to linguistic resources and building more positive multicultural and multilingual identities.
This book will serve as a key resource for students and researchers in the fields of Korean studies, Korean language education, applied linguistics, sociology and racial and ethnic studies.
Nicola Fraschini is Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies and director of the Global Korea Research Hub at the University of Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses on individual differences in Korean language teaching and learning, and he is co-editor of Advancing Language Researching through Q Methodology (Multilingual Matters, 2024).
Mi Yung Park is Associate Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research interests include heritage language maintenance, language identity and linguistic discrimination, and she is co-editor of Mobilizing Multilingual Identities: Language Policy, Teaching, and Learning (Routledge, 2026).
Foreword. Ross King
Introduction. Nicola Fraschini & Mi Yung Park: Rethinking national and global discourses of Koreanness
Part I. Linguistic Nationalism and Language Discrimination in Korea
Chapter 1. Mi Yung Park & Stephen May: Experiences of Linguistic Discrimination in Korea
Chapter 2. Jaran Shin: Charting a Pluralistic Path: Multilingual and Multicultural Policies for Empowering Damunhwa Children and Advancing Social Justice in Korea
Chapter 3. Jiyoung Kim: Why Is Learning and Maintaining Heritage Languages in South Korea So Challenging?
Chapter 4. Lee Jin Choi & Adrienne Lo: Returnee Students in South Korea: A Call for Recognition
Chapter 5. Daniel Pieper: Language Policies in the Divided Koreas and Implications for Saetomin in South Korea
Part II. Overseas Koreans, Language, and Identity
Chapter 6. Sin Ji Jung: Language Maintenance and Shift in Korean Communities Outside Major Cities in Australia
Chapter 7. Min Jung Jee: From Struggles to Strength: Korean Heritage Speakers and the Expansion of Korean Language Education in Australia
Chapter 8. Huiling Cui & Yongyan Zheng: How Do Schools Mediate the Language Management Decisions of Korean Chinese Families? Comparative Insights from Two Communities
Chapter 9. Jungmin Kwon, Seungwoo Hwang, & Pyeongeun Kim: Community-Based Heritage Language Schools and Korean American Children: Challenges, Opportunities and Future Directions
Part III. The Discourse of Koreanness and Obstacles to Korean Language Learning and Teaching
Chapter 10. Lucien Brown: Studying Abroad in South Korea: Monolingual Ideologies and Multilingual Lives
Chapter 11. Nicola Fraschini: Non-Native Korean Speaking Teachers: The Elephant in the Room of Korean Language Education
Chapter 12. Nam-wook Kang: Everyone’s Right to Learn Korean: Breaking Down the Barriers to Korean Learning for the Visually Impaired and Beyond