This study aims at investigating 1)the perception of international students' mother tongue and Korean language, 2)whether their perception differs with the degree of Korean proficiency, and 3)whether the degree of exposure to Korean can affect Korean proficiency. Eighty nine international students participated in a questionnaire survey. The overall results on the survey showed that the international students' perception of their mother tongue was strong in general. However, interesting findings were that the participants' level of Korean proficiency was closely related to the perception of mother tongue: the participants who had a low level of Korean proficiency showed a comparatively strong perception of mother tongue. Furthermore, the perception of Korean language was weaker compared to that of their mother tongue. However, the exposure to Korean(e.g. the frequency of using Korean) playing a role in improving Korean proficiency was observed. Therefore, this study suggests that acquiring Korean can be related to the perception of mother tongue and that the international students should raise the frequency of contact with Koreans for their Korean proficiency.

Abstract
 1. 서론
 2. 선행연구
  2.1. 정의(definition)
  2.2. 언어에 대한 인식과 언어능력
  2.3. 언어능력과 그 언어로의 노출도
 3. 연구방법
  3.1. 연구대상자
  3.2. 설문지조사
 4. 연구결과 및 논의
  4.1. 모국어에 대한 인식도
  4.2. 한국어능력별 모국어 인식도
  4.3. 한국어에 대한 인식도
  4.4. 한국어능력별 한국어에 대한 인식도
  4.5. 한국어 능력별 한국어로의 노출도
 5. 요약 및 결론
 참고문헌

• 최진숙(영산대학교) | Jin-Sook Choi