This study aims to explored changes in vocabulary use in Jeongamchon, which was founded by immigrants from Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea, in China. The data were collected from the first generation of Chungcheongbuk-do and Jeongamchon immigrants as well as the second generation of Jeongamchon immigrants. The data were divided into eight categories. The Jeongamchon community preserved a considerable number of dialects from Chungcheongbuk-do but also showed the transition of words into Chinese Korean. Examples of Chungcheongbuk-do dialect words that are highly conserved in Jeongamchon include words frequently used in daily life such as words about the human body and titles for relatives and family members. In contrast, words from Chungcheongbuk-do dialects indicating entities that do not exist in Jeongamchon, which can be attributed to differences in geographical environments or sociocultural differences between Chungcheongbuk-do and Jeongamchon, were at the verge of extinction. The indigenous vocabulary items in Jeongamchon, which refer to objects reflecting sociocultural differences from Chungcheongbuk-do, were substituted into the Chinese-Korean dialect, reflecting local culture.

본 연구는 이혼한 베트남 결혼이주여성들의 경험 분석을 통해 이주민들의 자아정체성 확립 방안을 모 색하고 이를 근거로 다문화 시민평생교육의 기틀 마련을 , 목적으로 한다. 연구목적을 위해 베트남 결혼이 주여성의 이혼 경험에서 드러난 자아정체성 확립의 문제점과 이혼 후 정체성 변화를 살펴보았다. 베트남 여성과의 혼인 비중이 큰 비율을 차지하고 있는 점에 주목하여, 대상을 베트남 결혼이주여성으로 한정하 였다. 연구방법으로는 질적 메타분석을 활용하였다. 질적 메타분석을 활용한 이유는 개별 연구의 종합을 통해 폭넓은 분석을 시행하여 새로운 시사점을 주기 위해서다. 연구결과, 이혼한 결혼이주여성의 자아정체 성 확립에 문제가 되는 요인은 가정에서 오는 다양한 갈등과 경제적 문제로 드러났다. 겉으로 보이는 이 러한 갈등은 사실 차별, 배제, 불신의 문제와 연결되어 있었고, 이러한 모습은 이주여성이 한국 사회에서 시민으로서 주체적 역할을 행하는데 저해요인이 되고 있었다. 결혼이주여성들은 이혼 후 겪는 다양한 어 려움에도 불구하고, 주어진 환경에 굴복하지 않고, 적극적으로 삶을 살아가기 위해 노력하는 존재로의 변 화된 모습을 보였다. 이혼 후 적극적 행위자로의 변화를 시도한 결혼이주여성들은 자기 개조, 자기 치유, 의식소통의 모습들을 보이고 있었는데, 이는 다문화 시민평생교육의 주요 역량들로 이러한 역량을 길러주 는 것이 다문화사회에 꼭 필요할 것으로 보인다. 결론적으로 결혼이주여성이 한국 사회의 적극적 시민으 로 살아가기 위한 방안으로 가장 우선시되어야 할 것은 선주민과 이주민 모두의 다문화 시민평생교육이 며, 그 중에서도 􍾧다문활교육􍾨이 중요한 요소로 정립되어야 한다.

연구는 다양한 이유로 이주하여 타(他)문화에 적응하며 삶을 사는 이주여성들을 대상으로 그들의 배움 경험을 탐구함으로써 이전과 환경이 다른 삶에서의 적응을 위한 배움의 본성, 배움 경험의 의미와 본 질, 그리고 배움을 통한 각자 삶의 변화와 쓰임새에 대해 탐색하려는데 그 목적이 있다. 질적 탐구 중 내 러티브 연구방법을 택했으며, 소수의 사람이 양질의 정보를 제시해야 하므로 비슷한 경험을 하고, 자신의 경험을 드러내 이야기할 수 있는 대상들로 의도적 표집을 했다. 먼저 참여자들이 이주민으로 살아가면서 적응하기 위해 어떠한 배움 경험을 했는지를 기술하고, 그 경험을 통해 어떻게 자신을 재구성하며 다시 살았는지 분석하여, 이주여성들에게 배움 경험과 개조의 의미를 해석하고자 했다. 이 탐구는 참여자들이 살아온 길을 연구자와 함께 되짚어 살아내며, 앞으로도 살아갈 날들에 관한 이야기다. 연구에 드러난 참여 자들의 ‘살기’와 ‘다시 살기’를 종합하여 다음과 같이 결론을 내리고자 한다. 첫째, 이주여성들이 이주의 과정에서 대면하는 역경은 좌절이 아닌 인생이란 노정(路程)에서 또 다른 길을 가보는 전환이 됐다. 둘째, 이주여성들에게 ‘한국어 배우기’는 자신의 정체성을 표현하고, 욕구를 실현하며, 생존을 위한 과정이다. 셋째, 이주여성들이 배우는 과정에서 얻은 것은 함께한 동행들과 나누는 의식 소통을 통한 사회적 지지와 자아실현이다. 넷째, 이주여성들은 스스로 배움을 계획하고 실행해 보며 성취감을 느끼고 미래의 쓰임새를 찾게 됐다. 다섯째, 이주여성들의 배움은 개인적 만족감으로만 끝나는 것이 아니라 개인과 사회가 서로 연 결망을 이루어 사회자본이 된다. 이 연구는 한국 사회의 이주여성을 이주민으로 보기보다는 함께 살아가는 공동체의 일원으로 인식하고, 서로의 약함을 보듬으며 배움의 여정을 같이 걸어가는 동행으로 전환하는 계기가 되는 데, 그 의의가 있다.

이 연구에서는 중국인 이주여성의 배움 경험이 이주한 사회에의 적응만을 위함이 아니라 자기성찰을 위한 변화임을 알아보기 위해 질적 연구방법을 통해 탐구하였다. 이주민들 다수는 선주민에 비해 배움의 기회와 조건 등이 사회적으로 제한되어 있고 경제적으로도 취약한 경우가 많다. 그럼에도 불구하고, 배움 경험을 유지하는 이주여성들은 과연 무엇을 배우는지, 이런 배움이 자신들의 삶에 어떤 의미를 주는지, 이 경험들이 향후 미래에 어떤 쓰임새로 작용하기를 기대하는지 등을 확인해 보고자 하였다. 연구의 결과는 첫째, 이주여성들은 외형적 자격을 갖추기 위한 배움과 함께, 자신에 대해 알아가는 배움을 함께 진행하고 있었다. 둘째, 이주여성들은 다양한 배움 경험을 통해 개인의 역량과 상황인식능력을 향상시키며 삶의 태 도를 변화시키는 계기를 만들었다. 셋째, 이주여성들이 자기성찰을 통해 자기가치의 상승과 성장을 이루는 데 도움이 되었다. 나아가 다문화공동체에서 각자의 역할을 찾는 사회적 쓰임새로 확장되었다. 배움 경험 은 이주여성에게 자신을 재인식하는 기회가 되었으며 삶의 가치와 태도의 변화를 가져왔다. 향후 이주여 성들이 각자의 삶을 스스로 계획하고 발전시켜 나가는데 도움이 되는 다양한 평생학습 프로그램을 적극적 으로 개발할 필요가 있다.

This study was a qualitative investigation of the process of adaptation of nutrition education programs by marriage immigrant women who completed education programs for training of food citizen leaders. Focus group interviews of seven marriage immigrant women from Vietnam, China, Mongolia and Russia were conducted and analyzed based on the Normalization Process Theory (NPT). Participants were aware of the purpose of the education program (coherence) and their confidence in organizing and reconstructing the knowledge of nutrition was increased after education (reflexive monitoring). However, they had difficulties attending long-term education programs (cognitive participation) and overcoming language barriers (collective action). Although the program was beneficial for the participants in that they could apply acquired nutrition knowledge to their everyday life as food citizen leaders, the continuous monitoring and feed-back system (management), customized application, and consideration of personal and social factors need to be developed and facilitated. In addition, various programs targeting marriage immigrant women may increase economic independence of these women. The NPT proved beneficial in conceptualizing the barriers and facilitators to implementing nutrition education. The successful implementation of nutrition intervention needs special support to overcome barriers to cognitive participation and collective action.

본 논문은 한국사회의 다문화 논의에서 중심적인 위치를 차지하는 결혼이주여성의 문제들을 문제화한 것이 다. 바키의 문제재현 분석틀(What problems represented to be: WPR)을 활용하여 특정 시기의 다문화 정 책이 문제로 삼은 것이 무엇이며, 그 문제 재현의 전제와 효과가 무엇인지 고찰하였다. 결혼이주여성의 문 제는 위장 결혼문제, 인권침해문제, 가족해체와 통합의 문제 등으로 재현되어 왔으며, 이러한 문제의 재현 에 상응하여 결혼이주여성은 속물적 기회주의자, 매매혼의 피해자, 가족 형성 및 유지자로서 다루어졌다. 바키의 WPR을 적용하여 보면, 문제화 과정에서 침묵 되어 있던 부분들이 수면으로 드러난다. 결혼에 포함 되는 모험심과 로맨스와 헌신에 관한 이야기, 능동적인 생존자와 주체적인 시민으로 사는 삶에 대한 논의는 재현되지 않은 채로 남겨져 있다. 그들의 목소리와 경험이 간과된 채 통치되어 온 결혼이주여성들에 관한 재현들을 전치시키고, 아울러 경합적인 재현을 탐색할 것이 요청된다. 이러한 맥락에서 결혼이주여성의 주 체성 혹은 에이전시(agency)의 재현에 대한 주목이 필요하다.

Jang, In Chull & Yang, In Young. 2018. “Linguistic Representations of Korean Immigrant English in North American Media Space: An Analysis of Appa's English in Kim's Convenience”. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 26(2), 1~36. With the increasing importance of the mass media in social life and the linguistic changes it incurs, sociolinguistic research on linguistic representations in cinematic discourse has been increasing recently. Situated within this growing body of emerging scholarship in sociolinguistics, this study examines how Korean immigrant English is represented in a Canadian TV sitcom, Kim’s Convenience. Drawing on the perspective that linguistic performances in fictional discourse serve as resources for sociolinguistic styling and characterization, this paper investigates how the linguistic representations of Korean immigrant English contribute to authenticating the character of a middle-aged male Korean immigrant called Appa in the TV series. For this purpose, Appa's English used throughout the TV series' first season (13 episodes) was analyzed at the phonological, syntactic, lexical, thematic, and semiotic levels. The analysis revealed that each linguistic level shows distinct but concerted efforts regarding the authentication of Appa as a Korean immigrant. The phonological features of his English effectively share those of Korean English, whereas the syntactic representations are characteristic of a simple register. The lexical, thematic, and semiotic representations additionally reinforce Appa's “Koreanness” through the sitcom's integration of topics and images related to Korean culture.

본 연구는 결혼이주여성들과 국제결혼을 한 한국인 남편들의 경험을 살펴보았다. 연구 참여자들은 경기도와 충청남도에 거주하며, 이주여성과 결혼한 한국인 남편 15명으로 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 결혼이주여성들의 남편은 음식문화와 문화 차이에 대해서 많은 어려움을 겪고 있으나 자녀교육에 있어서는 의연한 태도를 보이고 있었다. 국내거주로 인한 영향과 막연한 긍정적 기대감으로 자녀교육에 대해서는 덜 불안해하는 모습을 알 수 있었으며, 약간의 불안감만이 존재하였다. 둘째, 결혼 초기에 한국 남편들은 이주여성인 아내를 위해서 일상생활에 필요한 의사 표현이 가능할 때까지 인내하며 노력하는 모습을 보였다. 하지만 결혼 생활이 지속되면서 아내를 이해하고 배려하는 면보다는 한국인으로서 빠르게 동화되기를 더욱 바라고 있었다. 셋째, 결혼이주여성을 지원하는 건강지원센터 및 지방자치단체, 사회기관 등에서 한국 사회의 적응을 위한 다문화가정의 시간, 교통 등의 상황과 여건을 고려한 한글᠂ 음식᠂ 문화등과 관련된 현실적이며 살아있는 교육 프로그램이 필요하다. 한국사회에 성공적으로 적응한 결혼이주여성들을 위해 지원전문 교육기관에서 교육하여야 하며, 한국 문화에 대한 다양한 교육과 자국민들 간의 사회 연결망 구축으로 서 로에게 필요한 정보와 자원을 제공하는 역할을 담당하게 하여, 한국 사회 적응의 어려움을 극복해 나갈 수 있는 매개체로써의 역할을 하는 프로그램의 진행이 절실한 것으로 나타났다.

During the last decade, an increasing number of immigrants came to Korea mainly for getting jobs and following their spouses, and the Korean government attempted to introduce several policies and projects. Among those policies and projects, the bilingual teacher development program was launched for developing bilingual teachers to teach their cultures and languages to multicultural and general students as well. The purpose of this research was to find out what multicultural immigrant women who participated in a bilingual teacher development program wanted to obtain from the program, and possibly to suggest aiming at developing a teacher training program for the future. Twelve pre-service bilingual teachers who were being trained in bilingual teacher development program participated in the pre- and post-questionnaire surveys. The results of the study are as follows. First, 12 pre-service bilingual teachers fully understood their roles as bilingual teachers and they think they are prepared to carry out those roles through the training program and the practicum. However, after the practicum they recognized they need to deepen their knowledge on child psychology, counseling and material development. Next, the pre-service teachers were satisfied with the training program and the courses they took in the program would be helpful to work as a bilingual teacher. However, they demand more practicum in the training curriculum. Some suggestions are made for improving the current system of practicum in the bilingual teacher training curriculum.

This study seeks to explore the relationship between clothing adaptation and acculturation for married Chinese immigrant women. In addition, it aims to analyze the differences in their clothing consumption behaviors according to acculturation level. To achieve these purposes, a quantitative research study was conducted on 291 wives of Korean-Chinese multicultural families in Seoul and Gyeonggi. The data was analyzed using factor analysis, cluster analysis, ANOVA, and the Duncun test. The findings were as follows. First, the women were divided into three groups based on their level of acculturation, which was defined as ‘assimilated’, ‘marginalized’ and ‘segregated’. Second, the relationship between their acculturation level and their clothing adaptation was identified. The marginalized group had the lowest level of clothing adaptation. Third, the groups’ differences in clothing selection criteria were analyzed. The segregated group considered the practical aspects (price, color, quality) of clothing to be more important than the other groups. The marginalized group scored the lowest in valuing the aesthetic factors (design, style, trendiness) of clothing. Finally, conformity of clothing consumption varied significantly based on acculturation level. The assimilated and marginalized groups showed higher levels conformity than did the segregated group. Clothing purchase location also varied significantly between the three groups. The assimilated and marginalized groups preferred online shopping, but members of the segregated group preferred to carry out their shopping off-line. This study showed that clothing adaptation and clothing consumption behaviors play key roles in understanding the acculturation of multicultural families.

본 연구는 이주민선교를 효과적으로 수행하기 위한 하나의 방안으 로서 국가의 다문화교육 정책에 대한 기본적 이해가 필요함을 말하고 있다. 이에 다문화교육이란 무엇인지 먼저 간략히 정의하였고 다문화교 육의 대상을 제시하였다. 또한 정부가 지금까지 시행해 온 ‘외국인정책 기본계획’의 흐름 속에서 다문화교육 정책을 정리해 보았다. 특히 국가의 다문화교육 정책에서 이주민선교를 위한 적용 및 실천 방안은 없는지 살펴보았다. 이는 이주민선교가 교회 안에서만 수동적으로 이루어지는 데 그칠 것이 아니라, 이주민들이 모여 있는 삶의 현장으로 직접 들어가는 등의 역동적인 사역이 되어야 할 것임을 강조하였다. 이주민선교는 교육이라는 분야, 특히 다문화교육이라는 큰 틀 안에서 전문성을 가지고 대상자들을 만날 수 있어야 한다. 또한 기독교 세계관을 기반으로 제작한 우수한 다문화교육 콘텐츠와 프로그램 및 교재들을 개발하고 보급하는 일 또한 매우 중요하다. 더욱이 이주민선교를 위해 국가의 정책과 계획이 무엇인지 파악하고 활용할 수 있는 순발력도 필요하다. 즉 다문화 중점학교 교육 내용에서도 제시하고 있듯이 다문화이해교육, 문화간 이해 및 소통, 문화다양성, 반편견 및 반차별, 세계시민의식의 주제를 다룸은 물론, 한국어교육, 상담, 멘토링, 문화체험교실, 인권, 평등사상, 성품교육 등 다양한 주제에 대한 전문가들을 배출하여 학생들과 교사들, 학부모들을 만날 수 있도 록 다문화교육의 장을 계속해서 준비하고 열어나가야 할 것이다

본 논문은 이주민 중 한국에서 비중이 높아진 이주노동자에 대한 실증연구가 적은 연구상황에서 이주 노동자의 모국문화유지행동이 심리적 안녕에 미치는 영향에 관한 실증연구결과를 보고하는 성격의 논문 이다. 본 연구는 개념적 연구방법과 경험적 연구방법을 병행하되, 주로 경험적인 연구를 통해 연구목적을 달 성하고자 하였다. 경험적 연구는 한국에 고용허가제로 취업하고 있는 미얀마와 베트남 이주노동자 146명 에 대한 설문조사를 통한 실증연구로서 모국문화유지행동이 심리적 안녕에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 분석하였다. 실증분석결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 이주노동자의 심리적 안녕에 대해 ‘모국관련 미디어행동’ (인터넷을 이용한 ‘모국영화음악감상’과 ‘MP3 등을 이용한 모국음악감상’ 및 ‘모국의 지인과 통화’)과 ‘모 국종교활동 지속’만 유의적인 (+)영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 이주노동자의 심리적 안녕에 대해 ‘모국음식 먹음’이 유의적인 (-)영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, ‘모국인친구 어울림’의 영향은 모국 관련 미디어행동의 변수투입을 달리한 모형에 따라 (+)영향이 없기도 하고 있기도 하였다. 이러한 실증연구결과에 대해 토의하고 시사점과 연구의 한계점 그리고 향후연구에의 제언을 제시하였다.

This study was carried out in order to investigate Korean food acculturation by married immigrant women and how it affects their children’s eating habits. Using an in-depth interview method, 26 domestically residing married immigrant Chinese, Vietnamese, and Indonesian women in Korea were surveyed to investigate adaption to Korean food at the time of their immigration, their current dietary life, their preferred Korean food, major factors in managing their children’s eating habits, etc. The results reveal that depending on the married immigrant women’s country of birth, which plays an important role in a family’s dietary life and health, acculturation phenomena occurred in which the specific eating habits of each country were grafted into Korean food. Furthermore, due to their school-age children’s display of acceptance of both their homeland’s and Korea’s food culture, we believe that this can become a pivot point for non-governmental diplomacy where Korean food can be understood along with the mothers’ countries.

The small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatellus Fallen, is an important pest that causes severe yield losses by transmitting plant viruses to rice. For the efficient control of SBPH in Korea, the respective resistance levels in the immigrant and indigenous populations need to be discerned. The resistance levels to 10 insecticides (three carbamates, an organophosphate, four neonicotinoids, and a phenylpyrazole) were evaluated in 21 field populations collected from either SBPH-immigrating or indigenous regions during two different seasons (early spring vs. late summer). Imidacloprid resistance was most widely observed in many regional populations, followed by thiamethoxam resistance. Interestingly, the resistance level to imidacloprid was significantly higher in both immigrant and late-summer-collected populations than in indigenous and early spring-collected populations, respectively [3.3- (p = 0.018) and 2.6-fold (p = 0.026)]. Moreover, the late summer immigrant population exhibited higher imidacloprid resistance (2.4-fold) than the early spring-collected population from the same region, suggesting that the migratory SBPH that immigrated into Korea already exhibited imidacloprid resistance traits and were further selected after inhabitation. All field populations showed little resistance to fipronil (0.1- to 0.7-fold), suggesting that it is the most effective among the tested insecticides to control field populations of SBPH. The coefficient of variation of the resistance ratio (RR) among different regional populations and the correlation coefficient of RR among different insecticides have been suggested as supplementary parameters when determining appropriate insecticides as respective indicators for the dispersion status of resistance among SBPH populations and the possibility of cross resistance among tested insecticides.

Park, Eun-Ha. 2015. “Social Discrimination Factors in Korean Coursebooks: Focused on Korean Coursebooks for Female Marriage Immigrants, Immigrant Workers, and North Korean Refugees”. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 23(1). 55~83. This study investigates and analyzes social discrimination factors occurring in Korean coursebooks that disfavor immigrant workers, female marriage immigrants, and North Korean refugees as minorities in Korea. Therefore we examine what kind of social discrimination factors high placed and how these are presented in both verbal and nonverbal expressions. With regard to verbal forms, we examine discriminatory expressions in sentences and conversations including vocabularies commonly used in Korean coursebooks. The result prove that of all other forms of social discrimination found in Korean coursebooks, instances of gender role stereotypes occur most frequently. The second most frequently verbal discriminatory expression found referred to gender personality and behavior, while the third most frequently used discriminatory expression referred to physical appearance and body image. Also revealed in the study was a high recurrence of referencing gender role stereotypes in Korean coursebooks for female marriage immigrants as found through comparing two particular coursebooks. Concerning nonverbal forms, we examine discriminatory expressions in main characters and illustrations. In three types of Korean coursebooks, we observe a high recurrence of gender-biases when discussing job positions. For examples, one coursebook referred to restaurant work as suited for women, while describing the position of doctor as male job. Korean coursebooks for immigrants further reveal discrimination in their descriptions of socioeconomic status as determining so-called higher citizenship status. In illustrations, gender-biases of job and gender role stereotypes were presented more frequently in three kinds of Korean coursebooks than in the other kinds.

This study examines the awareness of traditional Korean food culture among immigrant housewives in multicultural families, with the aim of introducing educational plans suitably designed for them. Our survey shows that Korean traditional holidays most well-known to the immigrant housewives are New Year's Day and Chusuk. Sambok and Chusuk are at the top in terms of preference. Samgyetang, Ddukguk, and Ogokbab are among the best known festive food to immigrant housewives for holidays such as New Year's Day, Jeongwol Daeboreum, Sambok, Chusuk, and Dongji; Samgyetang is the most preferred food, followed by Ddukguk and Patjuk. In addition, a vast majority of immigrant housewives who have ever attended Korean traditional cuisine education programs found the need for such an experience, with the score of 4.16 out of 5. In addition, the survey shows the order in which the immigrant housewives want to learn: the recipe of Korean food (53.5%), followed by table setting and manners (16.5%) and then nutrition (15%). The recipe of interest for most respondents is the one concerning daily food (69.5%). And more than half of the respondents prefer cooking practice as a desirable educational method. The difficulties that they have when attending such an educational course are usually inability to understand the language, difficulty in identifying the ingredients (seasonal), and lack of cultural understanding. The most preferred educational method is direct lecture (71.5%), followed by written materials such as books and newspaper (10.5%) and the Internet (9.5%). Finally, strategies for promoting traditional food culture are suggested as following: developing educational resources (31.5%), making various educational programs more available (25%), narrowing the cultural gap (22%), and improving the educational environment (21.5%). Therefore, this study proposes that there is a need to develop and diffuse Korean traditional food culture first, and then provide many immigrant housewives with a variety of educational programs. It is expected that these efforts will solve the problems caused by cultural differences in the early stage of international marriages and eventually contribute to the harmony in multicultural families.

최근 여성결혼이민자의 한국사회적응이 중요한 사회적 과제로 부각되고 있다. 지금까지의 선행연구들은 여성결혼이민자의 생활적응과 사회문화적응에 초점을 두고 있으며, 이들의 경제적 통합을 위한 논의가 부족한 상황이다. 이러한 점을 감안하여, 본 연구의 목적은 부산지역에 거주하는 여성결혼이민자를 대상으로 한국사회에서의 취업 후 직업적응 과정이 어떠한지를 살펴보고자 하는 것이다. 이를 위해 현재취업 중인 여성결혼이민자 10명을 대상으로 심층 면담을 실시하였으며,

Over 1.4 million foreigners live in South Korea now. The number of marriage-related immigrants is 125,673 and that of children of multicultural family is 107,689. These facts are brand new ones during the last five thousand year history of Korea. Such a change challenges Korean people and Christians to rethink respectively about their identity. This article aims at describing the current situation of immigrants, especially marriage-related immigrant women and multicultural family, identifying tasks for immigrant mission in Busan, Ulsan and Kyungsangnam-do and searching for the immigrant theology. Methodologies used in the article are: literature study, interview with specialists in immigrant mission, social biography of marriage-related immigrant women, missiology of encounter with other and Post-colonial Feminism. In Busan, the researcher chose four church/mission center/Christian NGOs participating in the immigrant mission in 2009. And he chose five mission centers/Christian NGOs participating in the immigrant mission in 2010. He interviewed with 31 members of multicultural families and with 9 specialists in the immigrant mission. Ninety-nine marriage-related immigrant women responded to the survey prepared by the researcher. The results of the social biography of multicultural family and the surveys of marriage-related immigrant women are: first of all, recovery of ‘normality’ of the multicultural family, for the family has been represented by the mass media as ‘abnormal’ one with family violence: secondly, Christian faith contributes for them to accommodate to Korean culture and to overcome conflicts between husband and wife of multicultural family: thirdly, the international marriage initiated by commercial agencies is blamed as money- exchange-marriage but the reality of such a family life is similar to that of a marriage arranged by a go-between: lastly, marriage-related immigrant women are faster learners of Korean language and culture than migrant workers. Tasks for immigrant mission are: to strengthen the multicultural family by overcoming cultural conflicts, to support for their children education, to establish multicultural faith community, to encourage marriage-related immigrant women to get a job, to suggest education programs for Korean Christians and Korean citizens, and to prevent from religious conflicts through peace education among religious groups.

As the public is already aware, baby food has a significant effect on a baby's physical and mental health. It is also very important because choice of baby food forms proper eating habits, which will affect health in the future. In particular, recognition of appropriate baby food by the mother or the primary care provider is even more important. Although many studies have been conducted on this matter for domestic housewives, no studies have been conducted on married immigrant housewives whose numbers are increasing every year. A survey was conducted on the recognition and current situation of baby food preparation by mothers living in Gangwon Province with children 6 to 36-months-old. The purpose of the study was to research the level of understanding of baby food by immigrant housewives given that they were raised in different environments with different eating habits and child raising norms. And additional purpose was to provide proper educational material and direction for choosing appropriate baby food. The results showed significant differences depending on the nationality and age of the mother. Moreover, the results showed an insufficient understanding of baby food but a high desire for education, as mothers did not receive enough support from society. Therefore, necessary education should be provided systematically after mothers fully learn to communicate in Korean. These mothers need continuous attention and support, so they can settle in this country as wives, daughters-in-law, and mothers. Moreover, the needed professional education should be provided so that the mothers can learn traditional Korean eating habits and understand differences in the culture and environment between countries. As the selection of baby food forms the basis of future eating habits and the foundation for good health, proper education should be available to establish healthy intercultural families.