Abstract
The purpose of this study was to identify the differences of perspectives toward English education for infants between directors and teachers, and to find out perspectives of directors and teachers toward English education for infants. Research questions were developed as follows. 1. What was the current condition of English education for infants? 2. What were the differences of perspectives toward English education for infants between directors and teachers? The subjects of this study were 108 directors and 241 teachers of day care centers in Busan. The questionnaire consisted of three categories of general background, general perspectives, and conditions of English education in the classroom in charge. The results of this study were as follows: First, it was appeared that more than half of day care centers provided English education for infants, and infants of 24~36 months were mainly taught English for less than 30 minutes once or twice a week based on director's policy. English teachers were mostly Korean majored in English, and songs, finger plays, storytelling, games, repeating sentences based on picture card, picture books, and story books were mostly used teaching methods. Second, both directors and teachers thought that goal of English education for infants was motivation and interests in English, contents of English education were songs and finger plays, and Korean English teachers were appropriate for infants.
본 연구는 부산시에 소재하는 어린이집 원장과 교사의 영아조기영어교육에 대한 인식과 실태를 알아보는 것을 목적으로 어린이집 원장 108명과 교사 241명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 12.0 통계프로그램을 사용하여 빈도분석, $X^2$ 검증, 교차분석을 실시하였으며, 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 영아조기영어교육의 교육목표, 교육내용, 교육방법, 적합한 교사, 교사의 자질, 개선점에 대한 원장과 교사의 인식은 차이가 없었으며, 적합한 교재, 어린이집 교육과의 관계에 대한 인식은 차이가 있었다. 둘째, 어린이 집의 영아조기영어교육의 실태를 살펴 본 결과 실시하게 된 계기는 원장의 교육관에 의해서라는 응답이 가장 많았으며, 실시방법은 간단한 회화 중심으로 주 1~2회 정도로 횟수로 실시하고 있는 곳이 가장 많았다. 본 연구 결과는 영아조기영어교육의 활성화를 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.