한국어교육 평가 관련 연구동향 분석

Research Trend Analysis Focused on the Evaluation of Korean Language Education as a Foreign Language: Focused on co-word analysis

The aim of this study was to analyze research trends in evaluation of Korean Language Education as a Foreign Language through topic analysis and co-word analysis. To this end, key words were extracted from 568 academic journals and academic theses published between 1981 and 2019. The results of the analysis are as follows. Firstly, since 2010, there has been a surge in research related to evaluation. In particular, functional-specific assessments and TOPIK-related studies occur with a high frequency, and there has been much research on speaking and writing for functional evaluation. Secondly, the academic journal articles revealed a strong connection between topics such as ‘ability’, ‘speaking’ and ‘writing’ to the area of ‘evaluation’. Furthermore, ‘speaking’ and ‘evaluation’ have often appeared at the same time, leading to an active study of speaking evaluations. Finally, the academic theses had a strong emphasis on ‘evaluation’ in connection to ‘writing’, ‘reading’, and ‘speaking’. In addition, there are a number of related studies about TOPIK textbooks and areas of evaluation. Detailed research on not only titles but also related key words will allow for a more comprehensive and detailed understanding of research trends.