韓国人日本語学習者における日本文化の関心度に関 する一考察 ー日本語教材を開発するための視点を中心としてー

Abstract

Due to the importance of the cultural understanding on learning Japanese and learning culture of the target language in international relations, an investigation on the interest of Korean learners of Japanese is required. However, there were not much research conducted on this area which concerned in Japanese language education in previous studies. Especially, cultural impact has been merely dealt with as a motivational factor in the second language acquisition. Therefore, this study tried to review as detailed the degree of the interest in Japanese culture of Korean learners of Japanese as possible. In the result of that, Korean learners of Japanese are highly interested in Japanese culture such as “Japanese Media”, “Japanese daily life style (Specially about food)” and “Travel to Japan” whereas “Overview of Japan” and “Japanese public Culture” are less popular. Thus, this issue of learning items is needed for the Korean learners of Japanese in future and the items like “Japanese Media”, “Japanese daily life style” and “Travel to Japan” are considered to put in priority when people make lesson plans and its textbooks. However, the parts which the learners felt less interested in is also needed to be considered carefully since there are some learnable contents in it. In other words, it would cause some problems when instructors only focus on this area which learners prefer to learn. Therefore, the part like “Overview of Japan”, a prerequisite to learn Japanese language and its culture, must be considered in the process of lesson planning　and　 textbook　development.Also“General　information　about　living　in　Japan”is　 recommended　to　learners　who　want　to　stay　in　Japan　for　a　longer　period. The significance of this study is identifying the direction and we can examine the specific survey items which detailed in Korean Japanese learner’s interest. To further examine the interest of the Japanese culture, Korean Japanese learners will identify through this study. They can take advantage of the future development of Japanese language education and textbooks.Media’, ‘Japan’s daily life’, ‘Travel to Japan’. Therefore, the part like ‘Overview of Japan’, a prerequisite to learning the Japanese language and its culture, must be considered in the process of lesson plan and textbook development. Also, ‘General information about living in Japan’ is recommended to the learners who want stay in Japan for a longer period of time. The significance of this study is identifying the direction and we were able to examine the extract specific survey items detailed in interest in Korean Japanese learners in comparison to the previous study was uninteresting points to consider in the Japanese education and textbook development considering the high learning content future needs was is that. To further examine the interest of the Japanese culture, Korean Japanese learners identified through this study will try to take advantage in the future development of Japanese language education and textbooks.