‘Speaking English naturally’: the language ideologies of English as an official language at a Korean university.
This study explores language ideologies of English at a Korean university where English has been adopted as an official language. This study draws on ethnographic data in order to understand how speakers respond to and experience the institutional language policy. The findings show that language ide...
| Published in: | Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development Vol. 37; no. 8; pp. 783 - 794 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2016
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