태국 내 한국어교육의 변화와 교육 기반 연구­ - 중등학교 한국어 학습자를 중심으로 ­-

Abstract

In Thailand, the important subject of (current) Korean language education is the change of Korean language education in secondary schools. As a result of Korean Language Teachers Dispatch Program, which started in 2011, the number of Korean learners in Thai secondary schools in the last three years exceeds that of Korean leaners in Thai university (3,470 students) which has 27 years of history. In addition, at this point where year 2013 remarks last 10 years of establishing Korean language education in Thailand, Korean language education in Thai secondary schools has already secured 24,000 learners during the three years of its history. Korean is now ranked 3rd, as a favored foreign language by learner sand schools among11 Thai secondary schools, after Chinese and Japanese. This thesis will first examine new changes made in Korean education in Thai secondary schools, comparing with Korean education in Thai universities, under the topic of ‘changes and developments in Korean language education in Thailand since 2010’. Then it will evaluate the outcome of the last three years of Korean government’s project on dispatching large units of Korean teachers to Thailand. It will examine how the government’s project has affected disseminating Korean education in Thai secondary schools. Lastly it will analyze the need to build foundation for Korean education for further developments. In order to do this, the research utilizes two kinds of statistical resources. The first one is the report on Korean learners in Thai secondary schools which belong to Office of the Basic Education Commission(OBEC) and hence classified as public schools. This reports was presented by OBEC of Thailand to Korean Education Center in Bangkok. The second one is the survey and statistical reports produced in 2013 targeting 60 Korean teachers dispatched by Ministry of Education in Korea to Thai secondary schools.