[국내자료/학술지] 박진욱 외. 2023. 외국인 근로자 대상 한국어 교육과정 개발을 위한 기초 연구

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 This study is a basic study to develop a curriculum for foreign workers. It examines the operation status of Korean language education institutions targeting foreign workers staying in Korea, and conducts FGI for managers and Korean language teachers at foreign worker support centers.

 Korean society is currently experiencing many difficulties in maintaining national competitiveness and social infrastructure due to a decline in absolute and productive population. Therefore, in order to respond to this crisis of population cliff, the government is actively seeking to bring in foreign production personnel into the country. Currently, the research results on Korean language education for foreign workers are relatively insufficient and the proportion is not large. Accordingly, this study believes that the development of a curriculum for foreign workers is urgent and seeks to conduct basic research for this purpose. To achieve this, we need to find out where and how foreign workers are currently learning Korean, as well as what kind of textbooks they are using to learn Korean. In addition, it will be necessary to set the direction of development of the future Korean language curriculum by collecting opinions from expert groups at institutions providing Korean language education to these students.Therefore, in this study, we will first analyze and report on the concept, status, and types of foreign workers, and then examine the operation status of Korean language education institutions for foreign workers and existing textbooks for them. Through this, we would like to identify problems in Korean language education for foreign workers. In particular, this study intends to conduct in-depth interviews with managers and Korean language teachers at the Foreign Worker Support Center who directly educate foreign workers in Korean, and through this, set the direction for the future development of the Korean language curriculum.