해외 대학 한국어 전공 과정 내 국내 교환학생 프로그램이 학습자의 학습 동기 및 태도에 미치는 영향 연구 - 영국 셰필드대학교 한국학과의 교육과정 사례를 중심으로

Abstract

This study aims to examine how learners majoring in the Korean language program at overseas universities change their motivations and attitudes toward Korean language learning after experiencing exchange student programs in Korea. The data was retrieved from students in the first to fourth years of the Korean Studies Department at the University of Sheffield, which requires the completion of one year of the exchange student program in Korea out of a total of four years of the Korean language curriculum. First, statistical analysis was conducted through a survey of the students’ motives for Korean language learning and their attitudes toward Korea and Korean culture. Second, in order to improve the qualitative interpretation of the survey, supplementary interviews were conducted with fourth-year students who had experienced both the University of Sheffield and exchange programs in Korea. This study found that most of the students of the Korean Studies department at the University of Sheffield started learning the Korean language for the first time at the time of admission and experienced their first stay in Korea through the exchange student program. Therefore, it is necessary to develop both a curriculum that can promote efficient learning based on understanding of the primary Korean language and a program that is linked with Korea and overseas are needed. Moreover, while students' anxiety about speaking in Korean was to some degree reduced after their experience of the exchange program, it was still at a high level. Therefore educational treatment for oral communication was required. Finally, we found cases in which the experience of the exchange program enhanced students’ motivation for learning the Korean language and achieving a higher level. Accordingly, there was a need to support education and club activities that allow students to specify their goals before graduation and link them to their career paths.