Abstract
This case study traces the journey of a Korean graduate student’s English learning experience, drawing on autobiographical poetry, self-narrative, and interviews. Through a series of snapshot recollections, it illustrates the participant’s evolving subject position with English over the years from his childhood to graduate school. The article concludes that language learning is a transformative experience of constructing translingual identities which entails a wide spectrum of emotion, desire, and dedication: desire to understand the world; to be included in the world; to empower oneself as a user.
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Kim, Kyung Min
(2018)
"A Humanized View of Second Language Learning Through Creative Writing: A Korean Graduate Student in the United States,"
Journal of Creative Writing Studies: Vol. 3:
Iss.
1, Article 7.
Available at:
https://repository.rit.edu/jcws/vol3/iss1/7
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