메타버스 활용 한국어교육에 대한 교사 인식과 교육적 적용 연구

Abstract

The ultimate purpose of this study is to comprehensively review teachers’ perceptions of metaverse -based Korean language education and views related to educational application, and to explore the possibility of metaverse application to Korean education through this. For this purpose, the instructor’s perception of metaverse-based education was studied, considering effect of their prior metaverse experience. In addition, educational application of metaverse was investigated from the perspective of the value and necessity of metaverse-based education, factors to consider when planning metaverse-based education, and expected difficulties and support directions of metaverse-based education. As a result of the study, the group of instructors who had experience with metaverse had higher understanding of the metaverse and were also statistically significant in terms of perceived usefulness and sense of efficacy. However, even in the unexperienced group, which showed a very low sense of efficacy, the behavioral intention to use was high, not showing a significant difference from the experienced group. In order to fully take advantages of metaverse in Korean language education, it was confirmed that speaking activities such as role play, simulation, and small group learning activities with interaction were the most effective. Furthermore, the necessity of metaverse-based education must be included in instructors’ training and re-training programs, as well as in the required courses for instructor qualification program.