한국어 교육의 현황과 과제

The Current Situation and Tasks of Korean as a Foreign Language Education

This paper reviewed the current situation of Korean as a foreign language(KFL) education in terms of major domains: government support system, KFL teaching institutes, curriculum and materials development, KFL education for overseas ethnic-Koreans, KFL education for domestic multicultural families, KFL-related research, testing, etc. Considering the emergent status of KFL education in Korea and abroad, it is strongly advised that both researchers and practitioners maintain close cooperation to establish a theoretically valid and pedagogically well-tested KFL discipline.