중국 대학 한국학 교육의 동향과 과제 -북경대학의 한국학 인재 양성을 중심으로-

Abstract

Korean language education in Chinese universities began in 1945 and has made remarkable achievements over the past 70 years. As of 2021, as many of 266 Chinese universities are offering degree programs of Korean undergraduate major, making Korean an important field of foreign language education in China. Currently, the strategic objective of Korean language education is shifting from “extensive development driven by scale expansion” to “intensive development of quality improvement”. This paper begins with a brief review of the historical trajectory and current status of Korean language education in China as well as the recent policies about foreign language education issued by the Ministry of Education of China over the past ten years. It then focuses on the case of Peking University to illustrate the effective measures taken by the Department of Korean Language and Culture at PKU to improve the curriculum and educational practices of Korean Studies, before pointing out the direction of further improvement and remaining challenges in order to better foster the future leaders of Korean Studies.