Ethnic Identity and the Maintenance of Heritage Languages

Maintaining ethnic identity and heritage languages ​​"People can choose and discard old-style coats, whether race or mother tongue, or even if identity can not be considered as things." - Tove Skutnabb -Kangas (Fishman 55) American "language policy" is considered a hidden policy. Schiffman (2000) states that language problems are usually dependent on other problems, so I will write about the challenges in studying this field.

Maintaining ethnic identity and heritage languages ​​"People can choose and discard old-style coats, whether race or mother tongue, or even if identity can not be considered as things." - Tove Skutnabb -Kangas (Fishman 55) American "language policy" is considered a hidden policy. Schiffman (2000) wrote about the challenges in studying this field

Influence of heritage languages ​​on ethnic identity The close relationship between national identity and heritage languages ​​is consistent with literature survey results. The stronger the heritage language's ability, the stronger the national identity. Participants in the survey said that they can speak Korean to help them feel positive about Korean. Eileen said he was able to find identity as a Korean because of its ability to speak Korean.

This research attempts to reveal the close interaction between heritage language and national identity by exploring the multifaceted nature of the Korean young adults' ethnic identity which maintains a traditional language . This research examines positive and negative factors that influence who they are and the role that legacy languages ​​play in the country's identity. This research also explores how conflicts form national identities, especially how to resolve conflicts between what they should and what they want.