Chun Lai|Fang Gao|Wang Qiu
Bicultural orientation and Chinese language learning among South Asian ethnic minority students in Hong Kong
University of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Baptist University|Syracuse University
understanding value monocultural acculturation orientation host culture assimilation bicultural acculturation orientation integration language learning critical guiding educational policy practices immigrant students study aimed enhance understanding relationship acculturation orientation second language l2 learning generated two conceptual models describe cultural identification affects language learning hypothesized different theories identity l2 learning tested two hypothesized models immigration context hong kong survey conducted among group senior high school south asian minority students learning language host culture chinese provide basis comparison found students mainly adopted biculturalintegration orientation bicultural orientation optimal acculturation orientation learning chinese bicultural orientation influenced participants chinese language learning outcome impacting psychosocial wellbeing engagement target language community findings suggest need take linguistic psychosocial adjustment factors consideration conceptualizing role identity l2 learning furthermore study cautions us contextindependent stance toward utility assimilation language learning