English was perceived to help the children get high-paying jobs that would then enable them to live in Gangnam like their parents. They also perceived English to be a capitalistic instrument through which they could hand over their own socio-economic class to their children. They believed that English was a requisite for being in the Gangnam inner-circle, and that their children’s native-like English reflected their own high socio-economic status. The findings showed that the issue of class was foregrounded prominently in the Gangnam parents’ discourses. The data collected were drawn from in-depth individual interviews with 23 parents, and subjected to critical discourse analysis. N2 - This study examines the English ideologies of Korean early study-abroad students’ parents in Gangnam, one of the most affluent areas in South Korea. T2 - Neoliberalism, class and the parents of early study-abroad students This study is expected to unpack the neoliberal English ideologies, especially in relation to class, and give us an opportunity to rethink them from a more critical perspective.",
This study is expected to unpack the neoliberal English ideologies, especially in relation to class, and give us an opportunity to rethink them from a more critical perspective.Ībstract = "This study examines the English ideologies of Korean early study-abroad studentss native-like English reflected their own high socio-economic status.
This study examines the English ideologies of Korean early study-abroad students’ parents in Gangnam, one of the most affluent areas in South Korea.
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