초등단계에 영어조기 유학을 하고 귀국한 학생들의 학부모포커스그룹 인터뷰 = Focus group interview for the parents of the students who have returned to Korea after early English Learning in foreign countries

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Early English learning in English speaking countries is currently booming in South Korea. However, it has not been clear that early English learning in English speaking countries is effective and fruitful. This study aims at identifying whether or not early English learning in foreign countries can cause some problems. The focus group interview was conducted with six parents who sent their children to English speaking countries for improving their children`s English skills. The focus group interview was used to obtain insights about the addressed issues through the qualitative research procedure. The overall results on this qualitative survey revealed that early English learning in English speaking countries could bring about some negative effects on learning; children`s linguistic identity would be weakened and there might be barriers to their academic progress. This paper indicates that early English learning in English speaking countries is inefficient in terms of the improvement of children`s English, thus parents should consider many aspects when they have in mind they send their children aborad to learn English, suggesting that learning English in those countries be done at a college level.

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