• 예술인문사회 융합 멀티미디어 논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.367-375
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• 2018

본 연구의 목적은 중국계 결혼이주여성들이 자신의 모국어인 중국어를 자녀들에게 제2언어로 교육하지 못하는 원인을 그들의 경험을 통하여 탐색하고 이에 대한 개선방안을 제시하는 것이다. 이를 위해 2017년 3월부터 2017년 6월까지 한국 거주한지 10년 이상 된 중국인 결혼이주여성 4명을 대상으로 심층인터뷰를 하고 그 내용을 분석하였다. 분석한 결과 결혼이주여성들이 자녀들에게 자신의 모국어를 교육하지 못하는 요인은 크게 네 가지로 나타났다. 첫째, 결혼이주여성 자신이 한국 환경에 적응하기 바빠 어려서부터 자녀에게 모어 가르치는 것을 소홀히 하였다. 둘째, 자녀들이 한국에서 살아가야하기 때문에 중국어보다 한국어교육에 더 많이 신경 쓰고 있었다. 셋째, 어머니 나라의 부정적인 인식 때문에 어머니의 모어를 배우려하지 않았다. 넷째, 한국인들의 부정적인 인식 때문에 당당하게 자신의 언어와 문화를 교육 시킬 수 없었다. 이와 같은 결과를 통하여 결혼이주여성들이 자녀들에게 모어를 가르쳐줄 수 있는 학습기회와 환경을 마련되길 기대한다.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2000년도 7월 학술대회지
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• pp.235-240
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• 2000

In the age of global communication, more human exchange is extended at the grass-roots level. In the old days, language policy and language planning was based on one nation-state with one language. But high waves of globalizaiton have allowed extended human flow of exchange beyond one's national border on a daily basis. Under such circumstances, homogeneity in Japan may not allow Japanese to speak and communicate only in Japanese and only with Japanese people. In Japan, an advisory report was made to the Ministry of Education in June 1996 about what education should be like in the 21st century. In this report, an introduction of English at public elementary schools was for the first time made. A basic policy of English instruction at the elementary school level was revealed. With this concept, English instruction is not required at the elementary school level but each school has their own choice of introducing English as their curriculum starting April 2002. As Baker, Colin (1996) indicates the age of three as being the threshold diving a child becoming bilingual naturally or by formal instruction. Threre is a movement towards making second language acquisition more naturalistic in an educational setting, developing communicative competence in a more or less formal way. From the lesson of the Canadian immersion success, Genesee (1987) stresses the importance of early language instruction. It is clear that from a psycho-linguistic perspective, most children acquire basic communication skills in their first language apparently effortlessly and without systematic and formal instruction during the first six or seven years of life. This innate capacity diminishes with age, thereby making language learning increasingly difficult. The author, being a returnee, experienced considerable difficulty acquiring L2, and especially achieving native-like competence. There will be many hurdles to conquer until Japanese students are able to reach at least a communicative level in English. It has been mentioned that English is not taught to clear the college entrance examination, but to communicate. However, Japanese college entrance examination still makes students focus more on the grammar-translation method. This is expected to shift to a more communication stressed approach. Japan does not have to aim at becoming an official bilingual country, but at least communicative English should be taught at every level in school Mito College is a small two-year co-ed college in Japan. Students at Mito College are basically notgood at English. It has only one department for business and economics, and English is required for all freshmen. It is necessary for me to make my classes enjoyable and attractive so that students can at least get motivated to learn English. My major target is communicative English so that students may be prepared to use English in various business settings. As an experiment to introduce more communicative English, the author has made the following syllabus design. This program aims at training students speak and enjoy English. 90-minute class (only 190-minute session per week is most common in Japanese colleges) is divided into two: The first half is to train students orally using Graded Direct Method. The latter half uses different materials each time so that students can learn and enjoy English culture and language simultaneously. There are no quizes or examinations in my one-academic year program. However, all students are required to make an original English poem by the end of the spring semester. 2-6 students work together in a group on one poem. Students coming to Mito College, Japan have one of the lowest English levels in all of Japan. However, an attached example of one poem made by a group shows that students can improve their creativity as long as they are kept encouraged. At the end of the fall semester, all students are then required individually to make a 3-minute original English speech. An example of that speech contest will be presented at the Convention in Seoul.