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Language Socialization and Academic Adaptation Processes of Chinese Heritage Learners in a Study Abroad Context

Hung, Jin-Wei
http://orcid.org/0009-0005-4708-4672
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721137869661112

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2024, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, EDU Teaching and Learning.
Chinese heritage language learners are individuals who are raised in homes where a non-dominant language is spoken, who speak or merely understand the heritage language, and are, to some degree, bilingual in their dominant language and the heritage language. They possess varying degrees of proficiency in both their dominant language and the heritage language, often straddling the line between two cultures. This position often leads to identity-related issues, which in turn can complicate heritage language learners’ language development and participation in certain contexts. This study is a qualitative multiple-case study of five Chinese-Indonesian students in a study abroad environment in Taiwan, exploring the students’ language socialization practices, academic adaptation, and identity shifting and maintaining processes. Considering several problems faced by Chinese heritage language learners, this study aims to obtain a greater understanding of how Chinese heritage language learners report shaping and being shaped in their socialization and adaptation processes across foreign academic and non-academic contexts after studying for their bachelor's degrees in different universities in Taiwan. More specifically, this study will try to understand how those heritage language learners got involved in Taiwanese academic and non-academic contexts. Based on reported data, this study investigates if those heritage language learners' identities have been shifted or maintained, and how those learners' identities guide their language socialization and academic adaptation processes. This research uses case study methodology to investigate Chinese heritage language learners' academic and non-academic adaptation processes through a language socialization lens. Five Chinese heritage language learners are interviewed and recorded based on self-reported retrospective data and language proficiency records. Data collection is focused on six types of data: a background questionnaire, self-reflection, field description, semi-structured interviews, and focus group interviews. Annotated transcripts of this data are complemented by semi-structured interviews with participants. This study contributes to several areas of research, including heritage language development, maintenance, schooling, and heritage language-related policies. Broadly, this study will contribute to understanding Chinese heritage language learners' living and learning experiences in the study abroad context as a relatively new research area. Furthermore, it can benefit future Chinese heritage language study abroad programs and help local school administrators and instructors understand how to practically support heritage language learners.
Leslie Moore (Advisor)
Francis Troyan (Committee Member)
Peter Sayer (Committee Member)
326 p.
Foreign Language; Language; Pedagogy
Chinese Heritage Language Learners, Study Abroad, Language Socialization, Academic Adaptation, Identity Construction

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  • Hung, J.-W. (2024). Language Socialization and Academic Adaptation Processes of Chinese Heritage Learners in a Study Abroad Context [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721137869661112

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hung, Jin-Wei. Language Socialization and Academic Adaptation Processes of Chinese Heritage Learners in a Study Abroad Context. 2024. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721137869661112.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hung, Jin-Wei. "Language Socialization and Academic Adaptation Processes of Chinese Heritage Learners in a Study Abroad Context." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1721137869661112

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