韓国における多言語·多文化教育政策と日本語教育

Abstract

In this study, I will investigate multilingual and multicultural education and its policy in South Korea, especially how multilingual education have been connected to multilingual education. By doing so, it is able to evaluate multilingual education as a part of multicultural education. The survey has been conducted, focused on Japanese Bilingual Teachers’ Japanese language education in Incheon Area, South Korea. As a result, I will suggest several problems and points to be improved in terms of how to perform Japanese language education as multilingual/multicultural education and its validity, and the importance and validity of second foreign language education as an independent subject in higher education. As a multilingual education policy for children, there is Bilingual Teachers. Some elementary schools establish a class called Multicultural Education. However, it is difficult to educate both culture and language within limited time, so it tends to emphasize culture more than language. Regarding to Bilingual Teachers, lacking in interest about multilingual/multicultural education and establishment ofmultilingual classes such as extra classes can be problematic. Therefore, it is important to ameliorate understanding of multicultural education, and increase and educate Bilingual Teachers. Also, multilingual/multicultural education from elemantary school is not proceeded on a long term basis in higher education and it can be a serious loss to multilingual/multicultural education. Therefore, in order to activate Japanese language education as multilingual/multicultural education, increasing students in multicultural society, education for Bilingual Teachers and teaching assistants, and Japanese language and culture education in higher education can be suggested.