중급 수준의 외국인 유학생을 위한 <교양한국어> 교육 자료 개발 기초 연구

Abstract

This is a basic study to develop the educational materials for general Korean language learningfor international undergraduatestudents in the intermediate level. It aims to survey the needs of learners and thereby establish some developmental directions. To achieve this, Iconducted a survey with 306 international students at A University. The results showed that many learnersrecognized the necessity of textbook development, and that although there was a high preference for e-books, ademand forpaper books still existed. Regarding preferred media types, demands were observed not only for familiar media such asmovies, dramas and social media, but also for other types of media like newspaper articles and the news in general. Regardingthe topics demanded, they included daily life, hobbies, personalities, travel, and social and academic subjects. As for thedesired functions to be enhanced, there were high demands for speaking, vocabulary, and grammar, and the balanced demandsfor listening, reading, and writing. Accordingly, this study proposed that educational materials should be composed in sucha way that e-books and paper books coexist, and that the materials should be developed by maximizing the educationalvalue of each. Furthermore, this study suggested that a comprehensive textbook that develops all language functions evenlywould be more suitable than educational materials specialized in one function, given the characteristics of learners who needto not only expand their learning experiences with the use of various media, but to also cultivate their communication skillsand academic task performance abilities.