“Only English Counts”: The Impact of English Hegemony on South-Korean Athletes

Clara Lee Brown; Natalia Ward; Benjamin H. Nam

doi:10.1108/IJCED-01-2019-0007

“Only English Counts”: The Impact of English Hegemony on South-Korean Athletes

Clara Lee Brown, Natalia Ward, Benjamin H. Nam

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

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Abstract

While conceived to examine key factors affecting post-retirement career advancement of retired elite athletes in South Korea, the purpose of this paper is to report how English, as a de facto global lingua franca, functions as a powerful gatekeeper in the sports administration field.

Original language	American English
Journal	International Journal of Comparative Education and Development
Volume	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCED-01-2019-0007
State	Published - Aug 12 2019

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English hegemony
South Korea
athlete career development
linguistic capital

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Curriculum and Instruction

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