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Linda also spent time with her grandmother. Her grandmother spoke only
Korean and Linda responded in “Konglish”, a mixture of Korean and English. I
observed them playing checkers and dress up together while the grandmother spoke
in Korean. Once, I observed Linda’s grandmother reading to her in Korean. Most
of the time, though, Linda’s grandmother often sat and listened to her talk about her
day at school and what she was playing with as Linda loved to explain everything.
Linda spent most of her time with her father doing “fun” activities since the
school work was usually finished by the time Jin came home. During one of the
observations, Linda and Jin had just returned from the community pool and Linda
was enthusiastically telling Jennifer and me about how she was learning how to
swim. Jennifer laid out a snack of vegetables and dip and Linda was happily eating
while talking a mile a minute. During another observation, Jin was showing Linda
an ant farm that he had just purchased at the Discovery Store. They tried to put
ants that they dug up from the backyard into the ant farm but on my next visit, all
the ants had died. Two weeks later, the ant farm contained bigger ants that Jin had
purchased specifically for the ant farm. Linda explained to me how “special” ants
had to be placed inside the farm to grow properly.
Print Documents
The Kim family’s home contained much evidence of print documents. The
living room had a simple layout with a sofa set and a television. There were
framed pictures of Linda when she was younger. Various drawings by Linda were
also framed around the room. Off to the side, there was a small cart that contained
Object Description
| Title | Literacy practices of 1.5 generation Korean American parents with three to five year old children |
| Author | Cho, Maristela |
| Author email | starrymary@gmail.com; maristem@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education (Curriculum & Instruction) |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-12 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Jun, Alexander |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Mora-Flores, Eugenia Rose, Susan |
| Abstract | The focus of this study was to examine the literacy practices found in the homes of families with 1.5 generation Korean American parents with three to five year old children. A close examination at the parent's own history as a 1.5 generation Korean American and their experiences in literacy and the duality of their culture provided a base on the literacy practices in the home. The literacy events and the print environment of the home also provided an insight into the family's literacy practices. The subjects in this study included three Korean American families residing in and around Los Angeles. Data were collected during the spring of 2007 and a follow-up session occurred one year afterwards during the spring of 2008. The first set of data was collected during an eight to ten week period where the investigator met with the families in their homes for approximately two to three hours. Two follow-up sessions occurred for two hours at the homes of the families. The research used a case study methodology to collect the data using interviews, observations, and document analysis. Five findings were obtained from this study. First, the 1.5 generation Korean Americans all experienced literacy and communication struggles growing up as an immigrant. Second, the parents experienced difficulties growing up with a dual culture and as a latchkey child. Third, the 1.5 generation Korean Americans all expressed how the lack of cultural capital by their parents left them without the tools necessary to navigate through the school system and the American culture. Fourth, literacy events were often found in the homes of the 1.5 generation Korean Americans suggesting that the parents are aware of the importance of literacy at an early age. Lastly, the HOME Inventory found that all the families made a point to provide abundant stimulation and support to support their child in her literacy and personal development.; Implications are discussed to caution the use of the data for all 1.5 generation Korean Americans. Recommendations for future research include a further examination on the effects of growing up as a latchkey child, the effects of navigating through a new culture and school without cultural capital, the second generation's acquisition of the Korean language, further research on three to five year old boys, and examining the 1.5 generation Korean Americans residing in such places like New York, Chicago, Brazil, and Argentina to see if immigration and literacy practices are different by geographic location. |
| Keyword | literacy; emergent literacy; family literacy; Korean Americans; 1.5 generation Korean Americans |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Coverage date | 2007/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1665 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Cho, Maristela |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Cho-2389 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Cho-2389.pdf |
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| Title | Page 107 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 96 Linda also spent time with her grandmother. Her grandmother spoke only Korean and Linda responded in “Konglish”, a mixture of Korean and English. I observed them playing checkers and dress up together while the grandmother spoke in Korean. Once, I observed Linda’s grandmother reading to her in Korean. Most of the time, though, Linda’s grandmother often sat and listened to her talk about her day at school and what she was playing with as Linda loved to explain everything. Linda spent most of her time with her father doing “fun” activities since the school work was usually finished by the time Jin came home. During one of the observations, Linda and Jin had just returned from the community pool and Linda was enthusiastically telling Jennifer and me about how she was learning how to swim. Jennifer laid out a snack of vegetables and dip and Linda was happily eating while talking a mile a minute. During another observation, Jin was showing Linda an ant farm that he had just purchased at the Discovery Store. They tried to put ants that they dug up from the backyard into the ant farm but on my next visit, all the ants had died. Two weeks later, the ant farm contained bigger ants that Jin had purchased specifically for the ant farm. Linda explained to me how “special” ants had to be placed inside the farm to grow properly. Print Documents The Kim family’s home contained much evidence of print documents. The living room had a simple layout with a sofa set and a television. There were framed pictures of Linda when she was younger. Various drawings by Linda were also framed around the room. Off to the side, there was a small cart that contained |
