일반계고등학교 중국어교육 현장의 실태분석과 개선에 대한 제언 -2009 개정교육과정을 중심으로

Abstract

As a part of the Educational Curriculum Revision in 2009, the subject of intensified Chinese education was eliminated from the general highschool curriculum in Gyeonggi-do. Also, by not classifying the second foreign language into the language education section, but rather placing it into the living/liberal arts section, Chinese is facing a crisis of identity loss as a foreign language subject. However, contrary to the educational policy of the country, the number of students who choose Chinese as a second foreign language for their future career selection is increasing due to a social atmosphere that puts emphasis on Chinese status, which is one of the G2 countries, in international society. Therefore, analysis of the variety of actual conditions was carried out to enhance and maintain interest in Chinese for students in the school site, which is run counter to the social change, and from that result we are suggesting ways of improvement. First, rather than the current course that centers on reading, writing, speaking, and listening, the reconstruction of the education process to a culture-oriented course that is more popular for students is needed. Second, to warrant the right of second language choice including Chinese for all of the general highschool students (which is more than 70% of the total), it is appropriate for the second foreign language to set questions by separating the level of difficulty, such as types A and B. Third, to keep pace with the global trend, deviating from the foreign language education that puts stress on English only, we should place the subject of Chinese into the foreign language section, not into the living/liberal arts section, and give more preference to students who took a second foreign language in the university admission process.