한국의 청각장애인을 위한 일본어 초급교재에 관한 의식 조사 연구-국내 4년제 대학의 청각장애 대학생을 대상으로-

Abstract

For this study a survey was conducted on 22 Korean undergraduate students with hearing impairment for the purpose of investigating the learning conditions and recognition on elementary Japanese textbooks, which they think would be the most suitable learning materials for them. According to the questionnaire survey, in the Japanese language class, the largest numbers of students chose “Daily Conversation” and “The Expressions of Sign Language” as the expressions they want to learn most. This result indicates that they have great interest in communication and interaction with Japanese people. Also, on the question if they need the textbooks for the deaf in the lecture, 21 of 22 answered ‘Yes’. Most of the students replied that learning both Japanese and Japanese sign language in one book, not separating them apart from each one, is the most ideal way of dealing with sign language in Japanese textbooks. Therefore, it is required to consider this prior to developing the elementary Japanese textbooks for hearing󰠏impaired learners. Students were asked what type of learning method is the best when they learn Japanese sign language through Japanese textbooks. The result shows that most of them prefer learning fingerspelling, vocabulary and daily conversation systematically. Also, they preferred to learn Japanese and Japanese sign language with pictures added to Japanese vocabularies and sentences in the book as it helps them to learn both of them at once. Supplements such as video and audio systems that have good visual effects are needed for college students with hearing impairment to help them fully understand the whole contents in textbooks quickly. There should be also appropriate configuration and learning contents. The book should contain detailed explanations as much as possible so that students would have no problem learning it by themselves. And, the Japanese culture needs to be introduced as well since most of the learners have great interest in it. Lastly, it is required to calculate and quantify the appropriate amount of learning as there is clearly a gap among the deaf students in terms of the level on learning abilities.