또래 상호작용에서 나타나는 쌍둥이 유아의 관계적 특성: 언어적ㆍ비언어적 표현을 중심으로

Abstract

본 연구는 쌍둥이의 교육에 필요한 학문적, 실용적 도움을 제공하는 것을 목적으로 또래 상호작용의 언어적ㆍ비언어적 표현에서 나타나는 쌍둥이의 관계적 특성 및 쌍둥이 출생순서에 따라 나타나는 관계적 특성에 대해 S시에 소재한 병설유치원에서 세 쌍의 쌍둥이 유아들과 학부모 그리고 교사를 연구 참여자로 하여 총 10개월에 걸쳐 연구되었다. 연구결과, 쌍둥이의 언어적ㆍ비언어적 표현에서 나타나는 관계적 특성은 배타적 결속 관계, 서로에 대한 정서적 유대감, 쌍둥이의 경쟁관계 등 세 가지 양상으로 나타났으며, 출생순서에 따라 첫째의 책임감, 양보, 권리의 특성, 둘째의 애교와 사랑스러움의 특성, 쌍둥이 간 형제 호칭에 의한 위계와 동료의식이 혼재된 관계적 특성을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 쌍둥이가 긍정적 사회관계를 형성하고 쌍둥이라는 특수한 형제관계에 대한 이해를 통해 쌍둥이 양육과 교육에 교사와 부모의 협력적 역할 수행이 필요하다는 점을 시사한다.

This study had started to observe twin children through teaching-learning process of twins in the childhood education field and analyzed the relational characteristics of twin children in peer interactions based on their verbal and non-verbal expression. The purpose of this study was to help understanding twin children's general language expression and to offer academic and practical assistance to parents who raise twins as well as to teachers. The study participants were three pairs of twin children who enrolled in a 4-year-old class at the Y public kindergarten located in Seoul, their parents, and 4 teachers who taught them. The study was done with participant observation, interviews, documents and audiovisual material as well as the researcher's journal for ten months from March 7 to December 23, 2016. The results of the study were as follows: first, the aspect of language expression in peer interaction between twin children showed three characteristics. They were the exclusive relational bond, emotional expression to each other, and competitive companion. Second, the twin children showed different aspects of language expression according to their birth order. First born twin in the peer interaction expressed a sense of responsibility, give-up, and right, while second born twin expressed the language of charming and loveliness. Twin children used hierarchical order title and this caused confusion among other peers. In a Korean kindergarten class, twin children called their siblings by his/her title given according to the hierarchical order rather than calling by his/her name like in western countries. The results of this study suggest that the understanding of twin children in peer interactions provides children and teachers to extend their learning environments and use various life situations as a hidden curriculum.