海外 韓國語 學習者를 위한 漢字 및 漢字語 敎育方案 -베네치아大學*을 中心으로-

Abstract

My study concentrates on Korean-Chinese words education as one indispensable component of Korean language education. This research is basically based on the course I have taught at the University of Venice for "Korean-Chinese words." Students who attend the course are divided as "a cultural area of non chinese characters" and "a cultural area of quasi chinese characters", the former don't know the chinese characters at all, the latter already have learnt chinese characters because they major in either Chinese Studies or Japanese Studies including students who are second-grade in Korean Studies. I have taken this situation into consideration for successful management of the course. I think the overseas Korean-Chinese Words education as a part of the education of Korean Language, so the course have been managed as divided into four scopes, "reading", "writing", "speaking", "listening" according to the general classification of foreign language education. Teaching Korean-Chinese words is very important to Korean language education in general, as nearly sixty percent of Korean vocabulary came from Chinese. Good proficiency in Korean-Chinese vocabulary will tremendously help students with their writing, pronunciation, and building up knowledge on etymology, grammar and cultural understandings. Therefore, Korean-Chinese words education should not be optional, but essential abroad. I hope this study will be of reference to other overseas institutes that have programs in Korean studies.