Recently various researches which took newly emerged women marriage immigrants as subjects of Korean language teaching have been increasing. However, the researches about Korean language education methods and development of textbooks which reflect spe...
Recently various researches which took newly emerged women marriage immigrants as subjects of Korean language teaching have been increasing. However, the researches about Korean language education methods and development of textbooks which reflect special circumstances the learners face are only at the beginning stage. In this research, women marriage immigrants among all the Korean learning students in Korea have been selected as the subject learners of the research and the goal of this research is to do the base study for the development of textbooks for Korean language education which can most influence women marriage immigrants who form families and play key roles as members of the society.
It was noted through previous researches that appropriate curriculums and textbooks for the Korean language education of the women marriage immigrants should be developed and meet their characteristics and needs considering the circumstance they are under.
The research topics are: 1. what is the women marriage immigrants’ deficiency analysis found from the difference between target situation analysis and present situation analysis in performing Korean education to women marriage immigrants? 2. In developing a textbook based on Sustained-content Language Teaching which handles women marriage immigrants’ pregnancy and childbirth (including mother-child health care after birth) as a theme of superior concept, how do we choose and dispose contents of learning? What layout of teaching methods and classroom activities should be used to enhance the 4 language skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing)? What are ways to dispose contents of grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation in relation to the material contents of each chaper? This research will study issues regarding text-book development by probing answers to above questions.
In chapter II, types of need analysis for textbook development were separately reviewed by comparing role of textbooks and assessment standards for the textbook analysis.
In chapter III, Sustained-Content Language Teaching was introduced as a language teaching method which is essential for the newly developing text-book. The Sustained-Content Language Teaching was discussed in 2001 TESOL Journal as a special topic. The characteristics of the teaching method which many linguists were interested in recently is that it should enable students acquire both language skills and information and knowledge related to the sustained content. In this research, pregnancy and childbirth (including mother-child care after birth), which will keep women marriage immigrants interested and give them motivation for study, was chosen as a sustained content to develop text-books using the Sustained-content Language Teaching. The sustained content is composed of familiar subjects and contextured set-up so that women marriage immigrants can understand using Schema theory and pick up language skills as well as necessary information and knowledge.
In chapter IV, current language education situation for women marriage immigrants was statistically reviewed and Korean language education support system for them was checked.
In chapter V, interviews and questionnaires were extensively performed to develop Korean language text-books for women marriage immigrants and both local and foreign textbooks were reviewed.
In chapter VI, a direction for sustained-content based Korean language textbook development for women marriage immigrants was presented after various analyses.
This research has its meaning in Korean language education for women marriage immigrants since sustained-content was used for composition of textbooks for the first time unlike other existing Korean language textbooks. The outcome of this research should help, I hope, women marriage immigrant students learn Korean language skills and at the same time help them acquire knowledge and information regarding the sustained content.