Listening to Hyun-woo: What Can We Learn from a Korean American English Learner?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- W. Reed Scull; Keonghee Tao Han
- Source
- The Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas. 85:23-32
- Subject
- Cultural background
Korean americans
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Pedagogy
Immigration
Mathematics education
Social hierarchy
Mainstream
Active listening
Sociology
Academic achievement
Literacy
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- Language
- ISSN
- 1939-912X
0009-8655
English learners (ELs) from Confucian heritage culture (CHC) are often perceived to be reserved and conforming to the authority of the classroom. But a careful look at struggles between a CHC student and the mainstream teacher reveals that the teacher's views and pedagogical approaches shape academic and social hierarchy in the classroom. Implications regarding working with Asian- and CHC-background learners are included.