This study was conducted to explore bilingual teachers’ perceptions about bilingual education for children
from multi-cultural families and desirable plans for bilingual education for them. Participants in this study were
six bilingual teachers working at multicultural family support centers in D., S., N., K. and G. Districts in S.
City, one from Vietnam, two from China and three from Japan. Interviews for data collection were conducted
two times per individual for 1 to 1 hour and 30 minutes, individually, in a relaxed atmosphere, focused on the
contents, concerning the motivation of their activity as bilingual teachers, rewards and difficulties as bilingual
teachers, and perception and experience of bilingual education. The results of the study drawn through this
process are summarized as follows: First, as a result of an examination of bilingual teachers’ perceptions about
bilingual education for children from multi-cultural families, bilingual teachers perceived that bilingual education
was important as a future resource and most of them understood their mother’s country and perceived that
bilingual education would be important as a tool of an emotional communication with family members including
the mother. Second, as a result of an analysis of bilingual teachers’ proposal of desirable directions of bilingual
education for children from multi-cultural families, bilingual teachers suggested that the consensus of Korean
society on the importance of bilingual education should precede and that the role of the fathers as persons in
charge of Korean language education should be emphasized and practiced. In addition, they argued that bilingual
education should be conducted naturally in everyday life and cultural experience between the two countries, and
opportunities and times to utilize and share the two learned languages should be provided.