아제르바이잔에서의 한국어 교육 현황 및 과제

Abstract

This studyexamines the Korean education system in Azerbaijan to develop thefuture of Korean education in Azerbaijan. The Korean education systemcan be divided into academic degree and non-academic degree courses inAzerbaijan. Issues and challenges on the course come up with this study. This year is the 20th anniversary of Azerbaijan Korean education. However,the Korean Wave does not spread faster than any other countriesand does not have high level of achievement. Korean companies inAzerbaijan make good impression of Korea that Azerbaijani have afeeling of familiarity with Korean. There are four universities operate Korean classes such as in Koreanlanguage departments and Korean language centers. There are also threeprivate schools teach Korean. Some other people study Korean bythemselves and several private meetings increase gradually. There are some reasons why they have less interest in Korean Languagethan other countries. Firstly, the Korean Wave has not come yet inAzerbaijan that people are less concerned about it. We need to think howAzerbaijani get more interested in Korea. Secondly, there are not enoughacademic materials and textbooks for Azerbaijani. Less study causes lackof qualified educational materials and textbook. Thirdly, there are notenough qualified teachers. Most of the teachers are good at Azerbaijanilanguage but poor at Korean education system. There is also not enoughstudy of Korean language. To improve professionalism of the teachingmore depth study is needed. Fourthly, Korean language lectures need to be given better than treatment. Moreover the study should be progressed with locality that helps todevelop the Korean language education in Azerbaijan.