Migration & Language Education




Related Publications

Online Language Teaching: Crises and Creativities

Online Language Teaching: Crises and Creativities

Edited by Ursula Stickler, Martina Emke Online Language Teaching: Crises and Creativities collects creative and…
Insights into Teaching and Learning Writing

Insights into Teaching and Learning Writing

Edited by Hassan Mohebbi  & Yijen Wang  (2023) Writing is one of the most challenging skills…
Insights into Autonomy and Technology in Language Teaching

Insights into Autonomy and Technology in Language Teaching

Chun Lai  (2023) Drawing on the literature and research findings from relevant research fields, including…
Insights into Flipped Classrooms

Insights into Flipped Classrooms

Adrian Leis  (2023) This book is aimed at those interested in the flipped learning model as…
Insights into Task-Based Language Teaching

Insights into Task-Based Language Teaching

Sima Khezrlou  (2022) This book aims to offer a unique contribution to the expanding literature on…
Proceedings of the XXIst International CALL Research Conference

Proceedings of the XXIst International CALL Research Conference

Edited by Jozef Colpaert , Yijen Wang , Glenn Stockwell  (2022) The theme of the XXIst International CALL…
Insights into Professional Development in Language Teaching

Insights into Professional Development in Language Teaching

Thomas S.C. Farrell  (2022) From entering a teacher education program for initial qualifications onwards, language teachers…
Smart CALL: Personalization, Contextualization, & Socialization

Smart CALL: Personalization, Contextualization, & Socialization

Edited by Jozef Colpaert , Glenn Stockwell  (2022) The contributions in this volume focus on a…

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

DOI: 10.29140/mle.v1n1.125
Open Access

Factors affecting immigrants’ host country language proficiency: Focusing on the differences between migrant workers and marriage-migrant women in South Korea

In Young Yang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0804-0440, Seongseog Park https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6606-1899, Sungjun Lee https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4076-3961, Byeonggon Min https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4945-7047

– This study aims to reveal significant factors affecting the Korean language proficiency of immigrants in Korea by comparing the two immigrant groups, migrant workers and marriage-migrant women, that constitute the largest sector of the foreign-born population in Korea.




Abstract

This study aims to reveal significant factors affecting the Korean language proficiency of immigrants in Korea by comparing the two immigrant groups, migrant workers and marriage-migrant women, that constitute the largest sector of the foreign-born population in Korea. A comprehensive survey was conducted on a total of 136 migrant workers and 136 marriage-migrant women. A statistical analysis was followed adopting stepwise multiple regression on six independent variables (age at arrival, length of residence, education level, linguistic distance, intensity of target language use, and learning time at institutions) and one dependent variable (self-reported language proficiency). Results show that length of residence in Korea and intensity of target language use significantly contributed to the Korean language proficiency of marriage-migrant women, whereas age at arrival, intensity of target language use, and education level played a significant role in the development of language proficiency of migrant workers in Korea. Educational implications are discussed, and suggestions are made for expanding language educational support for migrant workers.

Suggested citation

Byeonggon Min, In Young Yang, Seongseog Park, Sungjun Lee. (2020). Factors affecting immigrants' host country language proficiency: Focusing on the differences between migrant workers and marriage-migrant women in South Korea. Migration & Language Education, 1(1), 14–30. https://doi.org/10.29140/mle.v1n1.125

Please wait while flipbook is loading. For more related info, FAQs and issues please refer to documentation.

 

%d bloggers like this: