학문 목적 한국어 학습자를 위한 대학생활 기반 문화 교재 개발 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop the practical educational materials based campus life for cultural education necessary for those, learning the Korean language for academic purpose, to adapt themselves to the campus culture of Korea and improve the leaning competency. As the government has mapped out the policy to attract foreign students at a policy level, there has been an increase in the number of people who Korean language for academic purpose among the students entering domestic university. However, the results of investigation indicated that there was the adverse effect, considering that many people learning the Korean language for academic purpose showed sluggish academic performance or dropped out right after they entered domestic universities, raising the concern. Therefore, campus life-based cultural education needs to be provided separately, so that people who Korean language for academic purpose can understand the norms, mode of conduct, and custom which they have to observed, and it is necessary to create an environment conducive to promoting systematic cultural education based on development of educational materials. In this study, we discussed the development of cultural educational materials practical and useful in light of the characteristics and level of learners. We examined current situations and problems through analysis with existing studies and cultural educational materials, and conducted the analysis of requirements and needs of learners and professors, thus exploring the basic course for improvement that could be achieved when the cultural educational materials were developed. For successful educational culture, the campus life-based cultural educational materials may be developed for those learning the Korean language for academic purpose in the following way: First, the education integrating the cultural education and linguistic education should be pursued while organizing each unit by taking the content-based approach on the basis of campus life. Second, the educational materials should allow for the academic activities in view of the characteristics of those learning the Korean language for academic purpose. Third, the educational materials should be practical educational materials that can provide motivation to learners. Fourth, educational materials should present the activities comparing the culture so as to help build the critical thinking of culture and expand the ability for intercultural communication through the learning of culture. Fifth, the educational materials suited for the level of learners should be developed, and furthermore, the stage of evaluation that assesses the level of understanding after cultural learning would need to be presented together. Based on aforesaid principles, this study organized and presented the learning items corresponding to a total of 8 units, along with the actual cases of contents for each unit. The results of this study are meaningful in that this study organized practical teaching items and educational contents through development of campus life-based cultural educational materials. Through that, learners can learn practical cultural details based on more systematic process, which would lead to minimization of burden on their teachers and promotion of efficient cultural education.