The goal of this study is to suggest measures to improve educational environment and the specialty of Korean instructors as a means to provide better educational opportunities for Korean language learners abroad.
The Korean government is putting eff...
The goal of this study is to suggest measures to improve educational environment and the specialty of Korean instructors as a means to provide better educational opportunities for Korean language learners abroad.
The Korean government is putting efforts to promote Korean education in a variety of ways as the demand for Korean education has soared these days. However, despite of such efforts, the support for overseas Korean instructors is at a rudimentary stage. A survey was conducted to overseas Korean instructors. The result was: in most of the cases, the wage levels were far lower compared to the local living standards; the demands for additional class materials and a teacher training system were high, but no adequate support was yet to be provided institutionally.
Thus, in this study, the projects run by the related departments and authorities in charge to support overseas instructors are examined. Then, several ways to improve overseas instructors’ professionalism are suggested.
These days, the Korean language education is in terms of both quality and quantity entering a mature stage, and “localization” which allows the Korean language education to be fully settled in the overseas nations and “standardization” which allows it to be operated syntagmatically, are in need. To achieve “localization” and “standardization” simultaneously, the roles of the overseas Korean instructors should be noted: First, such perception towards the overseas Korean instructors should be made that they are the main agents for localization of overseas Korean language education as well as the ones who can achieve standardization through the interaction with those in Korea and between themselves; At the same time, they can apply the standardized educational contents invented in Korea appropriately to actual classes. Considering the crucial roles of overseas Korean instructors, the enhancement of their specialty is a critical challenge to the development of the Korean language education and following is needed in the support projects for instructors.
First, there is a need to differentiate the role of native speaking instructors and non-native instructors. The difference between native speaking ones and non-native speaking ones were identified in this study. As more non-native speaking instructors capable to the Korean language education are on the increase, it turned out that there is a need to differentiate the teacher trainings for native-speaking instructors and non-native speaking instructors.
Second, if the teacher training can contribute to strengthening theoretical competency, building up an organic co-operative system between overseas institutions and instructors is of a great importance. By regional groups, frequent opportunities to obtain or share class materials or cases should be provided. To achieve this, local symposiums and teacher training programs are worth of consideration.
Third, currently, it is predicted that more and more foreign Korean instructors will wish to obtain teachers certificate on the Korean language education. However, the economic and practical burden is heavy. Thus, teacher’s license examination system should be revised in a way that even overseas Korean instructors gain easy access to.
Lastly, working conditions for overseas instructors should be improved. According to a research, current instructors in overseas institutions were working on the side. As long as the poor working and employment conditions remain, the quality of education also can never be guaranteed. Also, it is hard to expect that temporarily employed instructors in the overseas institutions build a responsible cooperative system with the related domestic institutions.
The goal of this study is on the improvement of overseas instructors’ specialty. Unlike domestic condition, the competency of instructors takes a large part in the overseas Korean language education. Also, as the number of Korean language learners is on the rapid increase, the roles of overseas Korean instructors with adequate specialty are becoming more crucial. So far, the research on the overseas Korean language institutions and their instructors were made based on domestic international students and has been somewhat neglected. However, the size of overseas Korean language education will grow, and take a huge part even in the entire Korean education. Regarding this, in various respects, the researches to find ways to improve overseas Korean language education should be made.
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