Study of the Role of Foreign Language Education in International Student Mobility after Korea's Liberation

本研究的重点是分析外语教育在韩国留学生出国留学过程中的作用。本研究项目的主要成果可概括如下。首先，收集和归类了有关韩国外语教育的历史和体系的基本数据和材料，包括日语、汉语和各种欧洲语言，以及与选择出国留学的学生有关的数据。首席调查者之前的研究主要集中在韩国解放后的英语教育政策和韩国目前的英语教育制度，并以这些研究成果作为本研究的起点。其次，对韩国的行政机构、高中、大学和英语村进行了研究访问，收集了政治领导人的语言观点与教育部门实施的具体语言政策之间的关系的数据。第三，从美国国家档案和记录管理局收集了有关美国占领韩国期间(1945-1948)语言教育政策的数据和材料。第四，对韩国的国内外语教育政策与日本、香港、新加坡的政策进行了比较。这项调查的一些结果已经在包括日本亚洲英语协会和日本语言政策协会在内的研究研讨会和会议上发表，并被用于一些文学作品中。这项研究的最终结果将发表在一本书和/或学术期刊上。

The focus of this research is on analyzing the role of foreign language education in sending out Korean students abroad. The main results of this research project can be summarized as follows. Firstly, fundamental data and material regarding the history and systems of foreign language education in South Korea, including Japanese, Chinese, and various European languages, in relation to students choosing to study abroad were collected and classified. The principal investigator’s previous study focused on English language education policies after Korea’s liberation and the current English language education system in South Korea, and those research results were used as a starting point for this study. Secondly, research visits to administrative institutions, high schools, universities, and the English Village in South Korea were carried out, and data on the relationship between political leaders’ views on language and specific language policies that the education division has implemented were collected. Thirdly, data and material concerning the language education policy during the U.S. Occupation of South Korea (1945-1948) were gathered from the United States National Archives and Records Administration. Fourthly, comparisons were made between South Korea's in-country foreign language education policies and those in Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Some of the results of this investigation have been presented at research seminars and conferences, including the Japanese Association for Asian Englishes and the Japanese Association for Language Policy, and has been used in some literary works. The final results of this study will be published in a book and/or academic journals.