This study aims to analyze the needs of Korean language learners for writing instruction using computers, and based on the result of analysis, suggest directions for Korean language education. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 161 Korean language learners from foreign countries who had reached the advanced level or higher in language training institutes in Korea. The survey asked the learners to self-assess their skill in writing and computer use, and also asked about tools for writing their native languages and the Korean language, their cognition of the usefulness and problems with writing using computers, their cognition of the need for a class on writing using computers, and their demand for the contents of a writing class using computer. An analysis of the survey results led to the following conclusions: First, foreign learners of the Korean language had a positive attitude regarding Korean writing instruction using computers. But since the awareness of the need for such a class could vary according to the disposition of the learner, it is desirable to make Korean writing instruction using computers an elective course. Second, if the plan for a class of writing instruction using computers could reflect the strengths of handwriting and the characteristics of computers, it would be possible to have more effective teaching and learning while satisfying the needs of learners. Third, if the course included word processing functions such as Korean keyboarding, editing and proofreading of writing, the learners would have less stress regarding errors in Korean language. Fourth, it is necessary to give positive consideration to teaching and learning via online mutual feedback, and more practical education is needed for internet-based writing, focusing on e-mail writing.