분석적 계층화 과정(AHP) 기법을 활용한 재미 한글학교 학부모의 한국어 학습에 대한 태도 연구

Abstract

This study is grounded in the examination of parents' attitudes toward Korean language learning as a foundational element in the development of Korean language proficiency among students in Korean language schools in America. In this research, parents' attitudes regarding the acquisition of heritage language were categorized into five main dimensions: motivation for learning Korean, variables affecting Korean language acquisition, pedagogical theories in Korean language education, difficulties encountered during Korean language learning, and the learning environment for Korean language acquisition. The analysis results revealed that the expert group assigned importance and priority rankings to the evaluation categories as follows: motivation for learning Korean, pedagogical theories in Korean language education, variables affecting Korean language acquisition, the learning environment for Korean language acquisition, and challenges encountered during Korean language learning. Conversely, the parent group indicated the relative importance of motivation for learning Korean, variables affecting Korean language acquisition, the learning environment for Korean language acquisition, pedagogical theories in Korean language education, and challenges encountered during Korean language learning. To further explore differences between the expert group and the parent group, a non-parametric test, the Mann-Whitney U test, was conducted. The results demonstrated a statistically significant difference (p<0.5) in the relative importance of "variables affecting Korean language acquisition" within the evaluation category. Furthermore, statistically significant differences were identified in two internal motivation indicators, one external motivation indicator, and two communication strategy indicators, which were not statistically significant within the overall evaluation category.