Shin’s (2014) study, illustrated how Yu-ri, a grade 12 student from Korea in a public high school in …show more content…
Cervatiuc (2009) argued that often “immigrants do not have the luxury to interact with whom they choose, as their opportunities to speak English are generally limited and socially structured for them” (p. 255) and that, as a result, many become “marginalized, introverted, and sensitive to rejection” (p. 255). Even though many EAL learners make numerous attempts to socialize with local members of the mainstream society (Whites), racial discrimination restricts their participation (Shin, 2014). In such cases, as Kanno and Varghese (2010) noted, “Co-ethnic friends become a default backup for EAL students”(p. 323) as a result of the inaccessibility of friendships with native English speakers