The purpose of this study is to introduce the development of sociolinguistic and pragmatic competences of the Korean Curriculum for elementary and secondary schools overseas. The sociolinguistic competences and the Pragmatic Competences which had not been emphasized, were set as one category of language Competences, and developed to reveal the importance of the sociolinguistic and the Pragmatic competences in the curriculum. The sociolinguistic competences refer to the ability to use language properly socially, and the Pragmatic competences refer to the ability to use language, including discourse Competences. The sociolinguistic competences deal with sociolinguistic appropriateness, including politeness, registers, and socio-cultural implications, etc.. The pragmatic competences were composed of flexibility, turn taking, thematic development, coherence and cohesion, and fluency to present the curriculum. Unlike the existing curriculum, this curriculum is meaningful in that it focuses on language use, including the sociolinguistic competences and the pragmatic competences in the curriculum, and presents detailed competence descriptions. In addition, the curriculum will be differentiated in that it has increased applicability in the field by specifically presenting the situation of discourse suitable for Korean learners in elementary and secondary courses abroad and including Korean expressions that can be treated as educational contents.
