예비 한국어 교사의 모의수업 연구

A Study on Teaching Practice: Pre-service Korean Teachers in an Online Course

The aim of this study is to provide a suggestion on Korean practicum for improving the competency and capability of future Korean teachers. According to the examination of the two-semester-long Korean teaching practice done by 166 online students at K Cyber University in Seoul, this study was able to find several common features from the students. First of all, believing that a Korean class was a theoretical class, rather than a practical communication class, the students, who are future Korean teachers, tended to focus more on delivering grammar or morphological knowledge. In addition, in spite of the fact that their students were adults, the pre-service Korean teachers were too authoritative or over-managed the class when their students’ Korean skills were lower than expectation. The research has found that such attitude comes from a lack of pre-service teachers’ understanding on the aim of teaching Korean, Korean teaching theory, Korean education environment, and Korean classrooms. From the finding, the researcher suggests Korean practicum courses, as well as online courses, include an aptitude test, a personality test, a self-checklist, and a small group workshop. Then future Korean teachers can clearly be aware of the aim of Korean education, check themselves for proper Korean teachers, and extend their understanding about Korean education through peer cooperation.