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This book focuses on the identities of Korean undergraduates in the U.S. who have spent their elementary and secondary school years in the U.S. away from their families for educational purposes, henceforth referred to as early study-abroad undergraduates. In this chapter, I first discuss how I became interested in this topic and then proceed with the purpose of the study along with the research questions. I also address the limitations of the study. Finally, I lay out the organization of this book chapter by chapter.
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The names in this book are all pseudonyms.
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In this type of family, which appeared in South Korea recently, the father works in Korea and the mother lives with their children in English-speaking countries, supporting their children to enter a so-called “good university” (Choi 2005). They are apart from one another until the children become university students. Unfortunately, this sometimes brings family collapse before the children enter the university.
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The debates are based on a TV documentary program named “Early Study-Abroad Report” in Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) in South Korea (http://www.ebs.co.kr/index.jsp). There are three parts of this documentary: The first part is “English, there is no Utopia,” the second is “Where is my children’s home?” and the last one is “Further stories of early study-abroad.”
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Lee, M.W. (2016). Early Study-Abroad Phenomenon in South Korea. In: Early Study-Abroad and Identities. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-910-3_1
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