Su Yeong Kim

Press enter or click to view image in full size Su Yeong Kim’s Research: The Hidden Weight of Being “Different” in America Picture Maria, a 14-year-old high school student in Texas. She speaks perfect English, was born in the United States, and gets good grades. Yet she’s constantly asked, “Where are you really from?” by classmates who assume she’s foreign.

The Correlation between Families and Confidence in Adolescents Children raised in many immigrant families are raised to live in two worlds. They use their heritage language at home. They speak English in school. This is not only a linguistic bilingual experience. It is often associated with the practice of responsibility in adulthood. Language brokering is one of the widespread tasks. Teenagers are commonly used to translate documents, discussions, and official messages of their parents.

Reconsidering the Acculturation Gap: Su Yeong Kim’s Research on Resilience and Family Meaning Much of the prior research on the “acculturation gap” has relied upon what scholars call a deficit perspective, focusing on how mismatches between parents’ and children’s levels of cultural adaptation generate conflict and predict negative outcomes such as depression or poor academic performance.