コロナ禍における日韓遠隔国際交流 ― 「学生間のつながり」に注目した実践報告 ―

Abstract

This paper is a practical report on remote international exchange, Japanese language education, and Japanese-Korean language exchange. At Pyeongtaek University (Korea), the “non-curricular program(비교과 프로그램)” for the first semester of 2022 implemented a non-face-to-face class due to the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The author saw this as a good opportunity and decided to provide opportunities for Japanese language learners to talk online with native Japanese speakers of the same age group. First, applicants were solicited at the Faculty of Liberal Arts Department of Language and Culture at Tohoku Gakuin University (Japan), which is a sister school of Pyeongtaek University. Coincidentally, most of the native Japanese speakers who wanted to participate in the program were intermediate to advanced-level Korean speakers, so the program was changed to a Japanese-Korean language exchange. Second, the author considered the practice of this remote international exchange and its results based on the questionnaire surveys conducted twice during the program. From the results of the questionnaire and the responses of the students after the program, it became clear that the remote international exchange conducted in this "non-curricular program(비교과 프로그램)" increased the motivation to learn for both learners. The result of this study provides suggestions regarding crisis response and the possibility of new forms of learning in the field of international exchange in university education.