유아 영어 강사들의 교수 동기 및 탈동기

Abstract

Objectives This study investigates the factors that enhance and decrease the teaching motivation of native English instructors who teach English to young children, Korean bilingual instructors, and dispatched instructors who teach English at daycare centers or kindergartens. This study aims to find out the cause of the difference in teaching motivation and demotivation among the six participants.
 Methods One pre-interview and three semi-structured main interviews were conducted with two native English instructors working at an English academy for young children, two Korean bilingual instructors, and two dispatched English instructors who teach English at daycare centers or kindergartens. The data collected through the pre-interview and semi-structured interviews were analyzed by open coding, axial coding, and selective coding according to the three-step procedure from Grounded Theory.
 Results The interview data revealed that the teaching motivation of the early childhood English instructors differed among the six participating instructors, while the demotivation differed according to the teacher group. In addition, the cause of the difference in teaching motivation was a personal factor, and it appeared different based on each instructor’s purpose of teaching motivation. On the other hand, as the cause of the difference in demotivation, idiosyncratic results were derived for each teacher group as the environment of the three groups’ working conditions showed remarkable differences.
 Conclusions The results of this study indicate that it is necessary to improve the work environment of English instructors who teach English to young children and to establish a systematic teacher management system at the national level. In addition, the government needs to take an active role in introducing early childhood English education to English academies and dispatching companies.