Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of parent education programs for bilingual education of children on the bilingual teaching efficacy and bicultural competence of parents in Chinese multicultural family. Methods For the foregoing, this study selected 13 mothers in Chinese multicultural families living in Seoul⋅Gyeonggi as a single research group, and conducted a program composed of mind opening-understanding of subject-case exploration-discussion(practice)-finish for 10 times. To examine the effect of parent education programs for bilingual education of children, this study conducted a survey on the bilingual teaching efficacy and bicultural competence before, immediately after and 6 weeks after the program, and measured difference between scores of pre-post and post-follow-up test through the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. Results First, parents in Chinese multicultural families who participated in parent education programs for bilingual education of children showed a significant difference in pre-post test (Z=-3.30, p<.01), whereas no significant difference was shown in the post-follow-up test (Z=-1.922, p>.05). Second, participants showed a significant difference in the pre-post test of bicultural competence (Z=-2.92, p<.01), but no significant difference was shown in the post-follow-up test (Z=-.045, p>.05). Conclusions Parents in Chinese multicultural families who participated in this study experienced significant improvement in bilingual teaching efficacy and bicultural competence after participating in parent education programs for bilingual education of children, and this study confirmed that improved bilingual teaching efficacy and bicultural competence was maintained continuously for a certain period of time 6 weeks after the program was finished.

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