POLICE English Test Improvement Plan for Recruiting Competent Applicants

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Purpose; The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics and differences of English tests of the police officers in Korea and the internationally recognized English proficiency tests. It focuses on finding out the advantages and weaknesses of each type of the test and preparing improvement plans for the English test of police officers currently in operation. In order to do this, we examined the types of test questions that have been made in the police officer test in the last few years(2016 ~ 2018), analyzed the types, and judged whether or not each type of questions is orga-nized for judging the usefulness in police officer’s actual work performance. In addition, we analyzed the types of official English proficiency tests and tried to identify their relative merits to suggest possibilities and methods for applying the in the police English test. The following are the improvement points of the English test of the police officers based on the results of the research. As a result of examining the case of the English public examination for the police officers in Korea, it is found that there is a strong tendency that the types of questions that judge the legitimacy of the vocabulary and gram-mar appropriate to the standards of those who use English as their first language. On the contrary, no type of problem has been identified that can be used to enhance practicality in real work environments using vocabular-ies and grammatical items that can be easily used by a foreign individual. The number of foreign residents who live in Korea is more than one million and the number of temporary foreigners visiting the Korea is expected to exceed over 15 million. Therefore, in order to select a police officer who can play an appropriate role in the era of globalization, it is necessary to overhaul and improve the police English test in a large scale. The need for English in speaking and listening used in everyday vocabulary has been raised, and it seems to be the most realistic alternative at present to replace the existing police English test with the internationally recognized English proficiency test to improve these problems. Furthermore, based on various research and de-velopment, the Korean police officer’s accredited certification test combining the ESP(English for Special Purpose) for police should be developed so as to improve and make the English examination suitable for the globalization era.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Preceding Research 3. Comparison between the Official English Test of the Police Officer and the International English Proficiency Test 4. Conclusion 5. References