DOI: 10.5176/2251-3566_L318.75
Authors: Ahrong Lee and Mihyon Jeon
Abstract: The present study explores the role of Korean popular culture in language education among university-level students learning Korean in North America. It focuses on the role of Korean popular culture as a motivational factor, the practice of the consumption of Korean popular culture, and the correlation between the consumption of Korean popular culture and language proficiency. The results reveal that interest in Korean popular culture was one of the most prominent motivations for learning the Korean language, and Korean popular culture was the main source of exposure to the language in a KFL context. Furthermore, Korean proficiency level appears to be closely correlated with active consumption of the products of Korean popular culture.
Keywords: Korean popular culture; Korean language education; Korean as a foreign language; language learning motivation; language proficiency
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