This study analyzed which competencies the teachers who teach Chinese as a foreign
language working overseas thought were important, how they reached competency retention
level, and how the difference in the degrees of the competencies that the teachers thought
important and what they actually held. To solve these research questions, a survey was
given to the teachers who teach Chinese as a foreign language working in the South Korea
Confucius Institute, and researchers analyzed the competencies that the teachers thought
important and what they held
The main results are as follows: First, the competencies that the teachers thought
important were separated by “class competencies” and “out-class competencies”, and their
components had been proposed. Second, the ‘class competencies' retention level was 3.63,
and the ‘out-class competencies' retention level was 3.51, the degrees showed a usual level.
Third, the difference between the levels of competences that the teachers thought important
and what they held showed statistically significant differences in all competencies except for
the ‘general secretary skills’. Fourth, when the competencies that the teachers thought
important and what they held were analyzed by the teachers’background variables, the
results showed statistically significant differences in the ‘academic ability' and ‘the way of
selecting and dispatching'.
On the basis of these results, the researchers suggested that in order to improve
teachers' competencies, competency-based training courses, the association of related
institutions, and teachers' capacity building program through cooperative learning were
needed.