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http://dx.doi.org/10.14702/JPEE.2021.001

The Effect of the Parent's Economic Capital on the English Language Learner's Social Capital and Achievement in the Middle School  

Kim, Yong-suk (Department of Liberal Arts, Korea University of Technology and Education)
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Journal of Practical Engineering Education / v.13, no.1, 2021 , pp. 1-18 More about this Journal
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The purpose of this research was to examine the effect of parents' economic power on the students' English achievement in the middle school and to clarify whether or not the parents' economic capital was transformed into students' social capital, which would depend upon the parents' economic capital. This study also investigated the degree of the effect of both the students' social capital in the family and social capital outside the family on English achievement. Two variables like parents' total income and the education fee for private education were used for the economic capital, and the variables such as the communication with parents, emotional help, academic help were for the social capital in the family. The variable of the social capital outside the family included students' class attitude, communication with teachers, the relationship with classmates, etc. This study provided a research model to get the answer for the research questions and, using the latent growth model, analyzed the initial value and slope of the 3 years longitudinal data as the time went. The result was that both parents' total income and private education for the economic capital had an influence on the students' English achievement, but not on their social capital. The fee for private education of the both variables only impacted the social capital. The social capital in the family affected the social capital outside the family in the research model. The social capital in the family had a negative effect on students' English achievement, but the social capital outside the family influenced positively on it. In conclusion, the fee for the private education among parents' economic capital not only affected students' English achievement, but also was changed into their social capital, which made a difference in their English ability.
Keywords
Social capital; Family; Class; Achievement; Language achievement; Private education; Latent growth model;
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