재외동포 대상 한국어교육 관련 연구 동향 분석과 과제(2)

Research Trends and Tasks of Korean Education for Overseas Koreans: Focusing on the Analysis of Research Articles of the Last Fifty Years

The objective of this study is to analyze the trends of studies regarding Korean language education and draw implications from it. There have been rapid increases of research in 2000s in the field of Korean language education for overseas Koreans. It is a recent trend that Korean language education for overseas Koreans has imported the concept of heritage language while previous studies applied the concepts of Korean language education as mother language, Korean language education as a second language, and bilingual education. This study analyzes 372 research articles from the criteria of regions, research themes, teaching methods, contents of teaching, and learners’ characteristics. It is suggested that researchers need to deepen the discussion of Korean language education for overseas Koreans by reflecting the research results of other disciplines as well as overcoming deviation of regions, research themes etc.