대학교육 핵심역량과 전공핵심역량: 영어학 전공을 중심으로

The core competence for university education and students majoring a specific field: focused on English major

The study has two purposes; first, it examines core competences for English major within the college and university core competences, and second, it discusses how the core competences for English major were applied to English major curriculum. Participants of the study were five professors in English department and 64 graduates and the workers who are related to English major. Five professors were asked to write necessary core competences for the students majoring English and 64 graduates and the workers to rate the degree of importance and necessity for each course (Important Performance Analysis-IPA). The results show that the main core competences which should be raised for the students majoring English were ‘English Communication Ability’, ‘Understanding of English Culture’, and ‘The Qualifications for Teaching English’. IPA indicated that the core competence for ‘Understanding of English Culture’ was less important and necessary than the other two competences. It is also suggested that core competences for both ‘English Communication Ability’ and ‘Qualifications for Teaching English’ are the main core competences for the students majoring English. Further discussions on how those core competences are applied to English curriculum are addressed.