학문 목적 한국어 말하기 능력 평가 도구 개발을 위한 요구 분석

The Needs Analysis of Korean Speaking Test for the Academic Purposes

The purpose of this study is to analyze the interested groups’ needs for Korean speaking test for academic purposes. Two hundred twenty nine foreign university students who have studied in undergraduate and graduate schools, one hundred three professors who have taught foreign students, and forty one university institutional staff members whose work is related to foreign students have taken part in the survey. The direction for testing Korean speaking test for academic purposes and the considerations in developing Korean speaking test for academic purposes were investigated through the needs survey. The results indicate that Korean speaking test for the academic purposes should be adopted because the tests for the general purposes could not cover the academic ability for the foreign students. Also the criteria for the test are needed to be set up to mitigate the perception gap of interested groups’ academic speaking proficiency. Futhermore, we reviewed various constructs beyond linguistic competence and considered test takers’ background variables when we develop Korean speaking test for academic purposes.