Language Learner’s Identity and Language Investment

국문 초록 (Abstract)

이 연구는 미국에 거주하는 한국이민여성의 영어 학습 투자를 이해하기 위해 그들의 정체성과 언어사용실태를 고찰한다. 이 연구의 이론은 후기 구조주의에 기반 한 초국가주의(Transnationalism)와 Norton(1994)의 투자(investment)이다. 이 연구는 언어학습자들이 이민자로써 다양한 역동적 자아를 구축해 가는데 있어 어떻게 그들이 사회와 그들의 관계를 해석해나가는지를 그리고 그들이 다문화 사회에서 어떻게 그들의 자아를 투자하여 영어 혹은 한국어를 사용하는지를 보여 준다. 이 연구 결과는, 그들은 미국에서 영어에만 언어사용을 국한시키지 않고 필요에 따라 역동적 정체성과 모국어인 한국어와 영어를 전략적이고 효과적으로 사용하며 그들의 상상의 공동체(immagined community)에서 언어의 국경을 넘나들고 있음을 보여준다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study examines first generation Korean immigrant women’s identity in the U.S. and their language practice in order to understand their investment in learning English. The theoretical idea of this study is post-structuralism, drawing on the conceptual basis of Transnationalism and Norton’s (1994) investment of language. This study shows how a language learner constructing multiple dynamic identities as an immigrant interprets his/her relationship to their social world, and how they invest their identities and use Korean or English in multi-cultural society. The result shows that their language use was not limited to the target language such as English in the U.S. They use both Korean and English strategically and effectively with their dynamic identities. They were crossing language borders in their imagined community.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 국문초록
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Literature Review
• 3. Method
• 4. Findings
• 5. Discussion
• 6. Conclusion
• 참고문헌
• Abstract

참고문헌 (Reference)

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