韓国系民族学校のJSL児童教育機関としての現状 ―文献調査を通してみた意義と役割―

Abstract

With more people from other countries moving to Japan, there are an increasing number of children who need to learn Japanese as a second language (JSL). Basic competence in Japanese is a prerequisite for education in Japan, but there are problems with concentrating on Japanese language education without consideration for mother-tongue education; with regard to language instruction for JSL children, teaching in both Japanese and the mother tongue are important. However, due to practical and administrative issues, it is currently difficult to achieve this. Against this backdrop, there has been much recent attention focused on ethnic schools among the Korean schools, which enroll large numbers of JSL children and simultaneously provide instruction in both Japanese and a non-Japanese language (hereinafter referred to as Korean ethnic schools). Korean ethnic schools are a form of JSL educational institutions forchildren, which can provide guidance on some of the urgent issues in the current Japanese education system.