도시 거주 결혼이주여성의 韓國語文化 能力 習得에 관한 生涯史的 연구

Abstract

The main purpose of this study is to explore whether teaching Korean and Korean culture for immigrant urban women is based on a detailed need analysis and is appropriate for the educational goal. I employed life history research methodology to describe how immigrant women learn Korean and Korean culture. I interviewed three immigrant women from Japan, China, and the Philippines respectively. This study found that these immigrant urban women maintained a wide variety of social relations with their neighbors, learning communities, co-workers and that they had strong self-esteem and the sense of economy. They all could speak English, but Korean was their second proficient language. They had learned basic Korean before coming to Korea, and ‘support center for multi-cultural families’ served as a main educational institution for their language learning after coming to Korea. They mainly learned Korean culture from their husbands and Korean teachers. Their Korean in-laws did not contribute much to their learning because these immigrant women rarely had chances to meet the extended families of their husbands. All participants wanted to improve their Korean proficiency and showed high orientations for media, such as TV and Internet, for further learning. This study aims to bring about the interests in the Korean language education for immigrant urban women and redirect the future course of TKSL for these women. Also, I hope this study can contribute to the diversification of TKSL.