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Linguistic colonialism impairs educational and mobility justice for minority students in Vietnam

  • Dr Trang Thi Thuy Nguyen,

The dominance of the Vietnamese language means that speakers of ethnic languages are marginalised.

Why is learning and maintaining heritage languages in South Korea so challenging?

  • Dr Jiyoung Kim,

Foreign parents and children from bicultural backgrounds face many obstacles to maintaining their heritage language.

Returnee students in South Korea: A call for recognition

  • Dr Lee Jin Choi & A/Prof Adrienne Lo,

Essentialised views of ‘Koreanness’ can be so strong that Korean children who study abroad are not considered ‘Korean’ when they return.

Why queer translation needs Asian languages and contexts

  • Yahia Zhengtang Ma,

Asian languages and contexts within the field of queer translation can be a model for discussions of queerness.

WEBINAR: How learning Asian languages changes your worldview

Panellists discuss gaining new levels of personal inter-connectedness and cultural understanding through language learning.

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