다문화가정 유아의 어린이집 경험이 의사소통능력에 미치는 영향: 어머니 한국어능력의 조절효과

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate how mothers` Korean fluency and children`s experiences in child-care centers influenced the communication ability of children from multi-cultural families. The subjects were 600 children from multi-cultural families who enrolled in child-care centers in Gyeonggi province, their mothers, and 350 teachers caring for these children. The data were collected by administrating a questionnaire and analyzed with descriptive statistics and hierarchical regressions. The results of this study were as follows. The mothers` Korean fluency, number of years children had attended child-care centers, and language guidance provided by child-care centers for children from multi-cultural families all had positive effects on children`s general and oral communication ability. On the other hand, the number of years that the children had attended child-care centers had no significant effect on the children`s written communication ability, but the mothers` Korean fluency and language guidance provided by child-care centers for children from multi-cultural families had positive effects on children`s written communication ability. Finally, the mothers` Korean fluency moderated the effects of children`s child-care experiences on their communication ability. Specifically, the more fluent the mothers` Korean, the stronger the effects of children`s child-care experiences on their communication ability.