Fang Gao
Language and power: Korean–Chinese students' language attitude and practice
abstract abstract language method communication also mechanism power ethnographic research reported article documents group korean students participating bilingual korean school northeast china construct language attitude practice research findings indicate korean students value korean chinese language acquisition adopt two languages selfempowerment academic hierarchy korean school positive attitude practice korean students towards korean chinese language studies highlight politically economically functional power korean chinese languages means acquiring larger benefit chinas economic marketisation especially increasing business contacts south korea article argues increasing significance transnationalism ethnic minorities within globalisation emphasises bilingual proficiency even trilingualism chinas reform period implies necessity relevant policy initiations increasing needs language acquisition keywords language powerkorean languagechinese languagelanguageattitude practicebilingualismtransnationalism notes 1 constitution adopted 1982 defines peoples republic china unitary multinational state tongyide duominzu guojia composed people 56 nationalities minzu total population 130628 billion nbsc 2005 nbsc 2005 china statistical yearbook beijing china statistical press google scholar majority chinas population belongs han chinese 9056 whereas 55 officially recognised minority nationalities account 944 total population nbsc 2005 nbsc 2005 china statistical yearbook beijing china statistical press google scholar also 1072642 people belonging unspecified unclassified minorities 08 total population according fifth national census 2000 2 according chinas ethnic statistical yearbook 2005 percentage college completion 373 among total population 00009 among total minority percentage among korean nationality 838 illiteracy rate 908 among total population 1454 among total minority whereas rate 286 among ethnic koreans