First culture embedding in the language of childhood tales: a qualitative study on conventions and communication of C1-Korean vs. C1-American speakers

Recognizing and understanding Other’s cultural and linguistic differences with equitability have become important and necessary for successful communication today (Lehman, Chi-yue, & Schaller, 2004). Often speakers of different languages from different cultural backgrounds are categorized into too broad terms, the most commonly referred being (1) the West vs. the East, (2) individualistic vs. collectivistic, and (3) low context vs. high context (Hall, 1959, 1976; Lehman, Chi-yue, & Schaller, 2004; Shiraev & Levy, 2016). However, with technological advances and social expansion, cultural experiences have become globalized, thus not as isolated anymore but shared (Cho, 2019; Cicourel, 2006; Crystal, 2012; Graddol, 2006). The present study therefore aims to investigate whether the stereotyped cultural customs interfere with the communication of meaning between different cultural groups today, namely American and Korean, and examine how different types of sociocultural experiences play a role in language learning and teaching. To observe the embedded, shared values and codes from the first culture (C1) as well as the first language (L1), meaningful narratives from childhood and the understanding of these narratives between two different groups of C1 and L1 were analyzed. Results imply that the known stereotypes between the two cultural groups still exist in speakers' way of communication but experiences of and exposure to other's sociocultural content can guide learners to fewer conflicts stemming from the stereotypes.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Alabama Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

2020

Author dc:creator

• Yang, Moon Youg

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Liu, Dilin
• Worden, Dorothy

Contributors dc:contributor

• Poole, Robert
• Ki, Eyun-Jung

• English as a second language
• Linguistics

Statement dc:rights

• All rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US, English

Dc Identifier Other

u0015_0000001_0003585
Yang_alatus_0004M_14174

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ir.ua.edu:123456789/6984