유아기 영어교육에 대한 어머니의 어려움과 바람 = Mothers’ difficulties and hopes for early childhood English education

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Objectives The purposes of this study is to explore the difficulties and hopes for English education of mothers who have children aged 3-5 years.
Methods To this end, from October 2022 to December 2022, in-depth interviews were conducted twice each with eight mothers who had experience in English education for their children. The collected data analyzed using qualitative research methods such as the data analysis spiral(Creswell, 2013) and open coding(Kim, 2012).
Results As a result of this study, mothers’ difficulties in English education for their children were limitations of English education at home, absence of qualified English education institutions, and the burden of education expenses. For the hopes in English education for their children were high-quality in English education at early childhood institutions, expanding opportunities for interaction with English native speakers, and the implementation of English education considering the interests of young children.
Conclusions This study is meaningful as it investigates the difficulties and hopes of mothers with young children regarding English education. It aims to provide foundational data for developing effective approaches to early childhood English education, considering the characteristics of young children.