유치원 영어교육 현황 분석 - 초등영어교육을 위한 시사점을 중심으로

A study of the kindergarten English education: Its implications for elementary English education

  This study is to obtain a general view of English education at the kindergarten level via surveys of teaching materials, and interviews with three trainers of kindergarten English teachers in Daegu City. A literature review and a survey of the internet homepages of 20 kindergartens nationwide were made for supplementation. The major survey parameters were: English course (non-)offerings, course types, teacher types, teaching hours, principles and methods of teaching, kinds of teaching materials and their content organization. It appears that kindergartens have reached the point where they cannot survive without offering English courses right now. Almost all kindergartens offer both regular and after-school English courses, and teaching hours are continuing to increase. Most of the teachers are people who are hired by an educational corporation that then dispatches them to the various contracted kindergartens. This study also compares the (unofficial) kindergarten English curriculum with the elementary English education curriculum.