본 연구의 목적은 유아의 언어 및 문해능력, 교사와 유아의 교사유아상호 작용, 유아의 사회적 유능감이 유아의 놀이 단절에 미치는 영향을 분석하는 것이다. 이를 위해 한국아동패널 7차 연도 데이터를 사용하였고, 변인들의 영향력을 분석하기 위해 중다회귀분석을 실행하였다. 연구 결과로는 첫째, 언어 및 문해능력, 교사유아상호작용, 사회적유능감 모두 유아의 놀이 단절 에 부적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고, 언어 및 문해능력이 가장 높은 설명 력을 보였다. 둘째, 사회적 유능감 하위 요인 중, 자기통제가 놀이 단절에 가 장 강력한 부적 영향을 미쳤다. 셋째, 교사유아상호작용의 하위요인 중에서 유아유아상호작용이 놀이단절에 가장 강력한 부적 영향력을 나타냈다. 본 연 구를 통해 유아의 놀이 단절을 감소시키기 위해서는 유아의 언어능력과 사회 성을 증진시켜줌과 동시에 교사가 유아와 양질의 상호작용을 해야 한다는 것 을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 의의는 유아의 놀이 단절에 영향을 미치는 변인 들을 알아보고 놀이 단절을 감소 및 예방하기 위한 교육적 시사점을 제공한 데 있다.

The present study investigated newly recruited native-speaking teachers of the English Programin Korea (EPIK) with a focus on their individual characteristics, their perceptions on second language (L2) learning and teaching processes, and their teaching experience as a variable (novice vs. expert) in their understanding of language learning and teaching processes. A questionnaire wasgiven to 244 EPIK teachers. Analysis of the self-reported data revealed that EPIK teachers were mostly in their 20s who were recruited from six inner-circle countries withteaching certificates. Results also demonstrated the importance of a teacher’s teaching experience, where subsequent mean-difference models of novice and expert teachers revealed significant differences in their understanding of L2 learning and teaching processes. Findings showed that teachers with experience had beliefs aligned with thebest teaching practices. These findings open discussions about the necessity of adequate subsequent support for native-speaking teachers.

This study attempted to investigate the factors affecting the organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) of English teachers in Turkish state high schools within the framework of job satisfaction, emotional commitment, and demographic factors. The data, which were collected through a questionnaire given to 269 English teachers, were analyzed through descriptive statistics and hierarchical regression. The findings indicated that the English teachers’ job satisfaction, emotional commitment, and OCB levels were above average. Moreover, job satisfaction and emotional commitment predicted OCB. No significant relationship was observed between demographic factors and OCB. The results showed a positive correlation between demographic factors and job satisfaction, and between demographic factors and emotional commitment. The findings suggest that OCB can play a pivotal role to increase the performance of English teachers, consequently leading to better language education. The study suggests that the non-methodological factors in English language teachers’ behaviors and performance need to be studied to increase their performance.

The benefit of language play for language learning is not recognized in English education. Based on the idea that teachers’ perception of teaching and learning affects their teaching practices, this study sought to examine teachers’ perception of language play in the English classroom. The specific purposes of the study were to discover commonalities and differences in elementary teachers’ and pre-service teachers’ perception of language play and to provide suggestions for including language play in teacher education and classroom instruction. Separate group interviews were conducted with 7 in-service and 9 pre-service teachers at the elementary level, in which the participants shared their responses to 3 language play texts that highlight rhyme, rhythm, and nonsense compound words. The topical analysis of the data revealed that both the teachers and pre-service teachers focused on understanding the words in the texts and did not recognize their playful aspects. However, the in-service teachers interpreted the texts more actively than the pre-service teachers and shared ideas for using language play texts in the English classroom. Based on the findings, the paper emphasizes that pre-service English teacher education needs to include language play as one of curricular contents, which should continue into teacher education.

한국어 교육은 국내와 국외, 한국어 원어민 교사와 한국어 비원어민 교사에 의해 발전하고 있다. 국외 한국어 교육이 발전하고 한국어 비원어민 교사가 증가하면서 이들에 대한 전문성 강화와 양성 및 활용 방안이 논의되고 있다. 국내에서 ‘한국어 교원 자격’ 제도는 2005년 시행된 이래 한국어 원어민 교사의 전문성을 강화하고 양성 하는 기준이 되었다. 한국어 비원어민 교사의 교육 및 양성에 ‘한국어 교원 자격’ 제도를 활용한다면 국외 한국어 교육과 한국어 비원어민 교사의 발전에 도움이 될 것이다.

The induction experiences of novice teachers are receiving increasing attention within the subject field of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).The process of beginning to teach is acknowledged to be complex and often fraught with tensions and anxieties for newly qualified teachers who may experience significant disjunction between the realities of classroom and institutional life and what they have been taught on pre-service training courses. Research has also shown that novice teachers can be helped to make a successful transition from the teacher-training environment to the school through well-designed induction programs which provide structured support and professional development with access to resources beyond the school itself. This article seeks to uncover whether these elements of well-designed induction programs are replicated for teachers of English in the Korean school system. Using data gathered in interviews with recently graduated teachers, the article examines the experiences of teaching in the early years and documents teachers’ own perceptions of their induction into teaching. The article discusses the place of the teachers within the social network of the school and, in so doing, hopes to foreground how individuals come to terms with the new and complex roles inherent in ‘being a teacher’ within this framework. This is a perspective particularly necessary for TEFL as a discipline where methods are so often deemed paramount in learning to teach, rather than an understanding of what it means to be a teacher of English as a foreign language in a particular socio-educational context.

The purpose of this study is to examine phenomena of teaching writing in Korean as a foreign or a second language, and to propose contents and methods for improving teachers’ ability of teaching writing. I presented 3 reasons that mainly cause the difficulty in teaching writing for nonnative speakers of Korean. Among the reasons, teachers’ lack of confidence and insufficiency of expertise in teaching writing is the most important one which we have to compensate in terms of improving teachers’ ability. First, in chapter Ⅱ, I analyzed the trend of teaching writing in Korean as an L2, and examined the characteristics of teacher training for teachers-to-be in Korean language education. Next, in chapter Ⅲ, I defined the concept of ‘ability of teaching writing’, and summarized the categories of the ability. Finally, in chapter Ⅳ, I suggested the contents and methods for improving teachers’ ability of teaching writing with regard to teachers’ expertise. Specially, I focused not only on the pedagogic content knowledge (PCK), but also on the content knowledge (CK). In this paper, I explored teacher education which is considered as one of the most important area for better teaching Korean as an L2. However, this paper remains only as a pioneer attempt at teacher education research for the area is not fully discussed yet.

This study aims at exploring the theoretical perspectives and research related to second language teacher identities. In particular, this paper focuses on the studies on the identities of English teachers in the Korean educational system. Major findings are as follows: First, based on the previous literature on teacher identities, teacher identities are defined as dynamic, multidimensional, and changing, as they continuously interact with individual, social, and cultural contexts. Second, it was found that studies have focused on (1) the meta-analyses of English teacher identities, (2) native-speaking English teacher identities, (3) the identities of non-native-speaking English teachers co-teaching with native-English-speaking teachers, (4) the identities of non-native-speaking English teachers including pre- and in-service teachers, and (5) teacher identity development through teacher education activities. Lastly, this paper brings up issues and suggestions on the formation and development of English teacher identities. It also offers directions for the future research on professional identities of second language teachers.

This study aims to describe the pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and teaching performance of junior secondary language teachers based on the tests administered during the teacher certification program, and identify the correlation between both variables. It involved 124 junior secondary school teachers, consisting of 70 Indonesian language teachers and 54 English language teachers, from various schools in West Java Province, Indonesia. To organize research procedures, this study adopted a descriptive method used to describe the characteristics of teachers who participated in the teacher participation program, their current pedagogical content knowledge and teaching performance based on the test results. Findings show that PCK has a strong correlation with teaching performance. However, other factors such as employment status, academic qualification, and age have significant effects on the mastery of those two main variables. A further study should be conducted to gauge more sound findings.

이글에서는 일본 대학의 한국어교육의 현황을 교육과정과 교사, 학습자를 중심으로 기술하고, 이를 토대로 향후 일본 대학에서의 한국어교육의 미래를 전망한다. 주지하듯, 이른바 ‘한류붐’과 2002년 한일월드컵을 기점으로 일본에서의 한국어교육은 괄목할만한 성장을 거듭해왔다. 일본 내 한국어 교육의 현황은 10여년전인 2005년 国際文化フォーラム을 통해 대대적으로 실시된 바가 있으나, 최근에는 거의 이루어진 적이 없다. 이번 조사의 결과, <전공한국어> 과정은 현재 약 23개 대학에 설치되어 있으며, <교양한국어> 과정을 설치하고 있는 대학도 전체 대학의 50% 이상을 상회하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 한국어 담당교원은 모어별로는 한국어를 모어로 하는 교원이 일본어 모어화자 교원보다 더 높은 비율을 차지하고 있었으며, 전공별로는 일본어 및 일본문학 관련 전공자가, 임용 형태별로는 전임강사의 수가 늘어가고 있는 경향을 보였다. 한편, 학습자의 한국어 학습 동기는 십년 전의 그것과 다를 바 없이 매우 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 학습의 목적도 ‘여행’이나 ‘단위 취득’을 위해서인 것으로 나타났다. 이렇듯, 일본 대학에서의 한국어교육은 교육과정도 체계적으로 정립되어 있지 못하고, 한국어교육을 전공한 교원의 수도 부족하며, 학습자의 학습 동기도 높지 않다. 따라서 일본 대학에서의 한국어교육의 발전과 활성화를 위해서 연구자들은 이론에 기반한 실천 연구를 통해 그 성과들을 축적하고, 그것을 한국어교육 현장에 지속적으로 제공하여 교육의 실제와 접목되도록 노력해야 할 것이다.

이글은 제2언어로서의 한국어교육 상황에서 학습자 입장에서 본 훌륭한 한국어교사의 자질을 규명하는데 목적이 있다. 기존의 교사 자질 연구들이 대부분 외국어 교육영역에서 이루어진 반면 한국어 교육영역에서는 여전히 논의가 되지 않은 점에 주목하여 설문지를 이용, 훌륭한 한국어교사의 자질 목록을 추출하고자 하였다. 우선 지역 3개 대학 중국인 한국어 학습자 241명의 설문지 조사를 통해 총 1,148개의 분석항을 추출하였다. 여기에 핵심어 분석을 통해 추출된 자질들을 1) 교육자로서의 인성 및 태도와 관련된 자질, 2) 교육자로서의 기술적 지식과 관련된 자질, 3) 교육자로서의 교육적 기술로 범주화하였다. 이 결과를 통해 훌륭한 한국어교사들은 단순히 목표어에 대한 지식을 안다는 것과 잘 가르쳐야 한다는 것, 이상으로 교육자로서의 인성 및 태도를 갖추어야함을 제안하였다.

This study aims to identify differences of teachers" attitudes toward World Englishes (WE) for language teaching and language testing, and to investigate their perceptions of various rating criteria for the L2 oral proficiency test. Data were collected through questionnaires from 72 English teachers in the UK, Malaysia, and Japan. The analysis revealed that there are significant differences in their attitudes toward WE among the groups of English teachers depending on their teaching contexts. With regard to the perceptions on rating criteria, it was found that different groups of English teachers considered various rating criteria for the L2 oral proficiency test differently. The English teachers showing negative attitudes toward WE perceive grammar, pronunciation, native-likeness as more important rating criteria than the others such as vocabulary, organization, task fulfillment, and appropriateness for the assessment of non-native speakers" English language oral proficiency compared to the other group of English teachers showing positive attitudes toward WE.

In the dearth of pre-service and in-service teacher education in gifted education, particularly in foreign language education, teachers have difficulty in learning theory and principle. This study describes the secondary teachers" perception of gifted education in foreign language after they participated in a teacher training program. The research questions are: 1) How did the teachers perceive gifted education?; and 2) Did the teacher training program influence the teachers" perception of gifted education? If so, in what ways did it influence the teachers? The data include surveys of the 21 teachers, their class assignments and observations. This qualitative case study indicates despite the teachers" initial negative perception of gifted education, the program helped them see it in a renewed perspective. Briefly, through the program, the teachers familiarized themselves with the basic theory and principle in gifted education. More importantly, they gained hands-on experience by discussing various issues in gifted education and creating class materials. The study concludes with pedagogical implications.