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Original Article
Korean speech sound development in children from bilingual Japanese-Korean environments
Jeoung Suk Kim, Jun Ho Lee, Yoon Mi Choi, Hyun Gi Kim, Sung Hwan Kim, Min Kyung Lee, Sun Jun Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2010;53(9):834-839.   Published online September 13, 2010
Purpose

This study investigates Korean speech sound development, including articulatory error patterns, among the Japanese-Korean children whose mothers are Japanese immigrants to Korea.

Methods

The subjects were 28 Japanese-Korean children with normal development born to Japanese women immigrants who lived in Jeonbuk province, Korea. They were assessed through Computerized Speech Lab 4500. The control group consisted of 15 Korean children who lived in...

Review Article
Development and language problems in children of immigrant marriages
Jae Woo Lim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2009;52(4):417-421.   Published online April 15, 2009
The number of international marriages in South Korea has drastically increased since the year 2000, and among these, the proportion of couples with a Korean husband and foreign wife accounts for more than 70%. At the same time, the number of children resulting from an international marriage has also risen dramatically; this tendency is especially evident in preschool children below...