일본어 학습 환경에 관한 연구 -4년제 대학의 일본어 학습자를 대상으로-

Abstract

The opinions have been surveyed through a questionnaire for learners taking Japanese-related courses in the countrywide 11 universities with 4-year educational system regarding wished visual study materials, preferred Japanese courses, highly effective courses in learning, use of textbooks and study materials, level of satisfaction with facilities and devices for language drills in each university. In order to get the results of the survey, the frequency analysis and cross-check analysis for each category have been performed by means of SPSS program. As a result of the survey, most of the Japanese learners hoped to have more new courses provided than now, such as discussion courses with Japanese students, education courses for Japanese regional characteristics, certificate courses for JPT and JPLT, conversation and discussion courses through Japanese movies and animations, Japanese politics and economy classes, colloquial Japanese speaking classes through J-POP and dramas, as well as classes for business conversation, Japanese trade, current Japanese issues, traditional Japanese culture, NHK news, debate on the Korea-Japan current issues, Japanese kanji, etc. In addition, students preferred more opportunities to watch Japanese TV programs, more Japanese courses to be provided, more visiting chances to discover the Japanese culture, newly-provided curriculums for students to have direct experiences of the Japanese culture, interview classes carried out with Japanese people, etc. The most wished visual study materials among Japanese learners were animations and dramas, and the most preferred method of class and the most highly effective class of learning selected by them was listening to dramas and movies, which ranked 1st. Besides, video was selected as the most preferred textbooks and study materials by the Japanese learners, which means there are many learners who want to take class with learning materials of moving images that provide highly visual effects for learners. Regarding each university's language facilities or devices, the conditions are so bad that 50% of the students, occupying the largest part of the responses, viewed there leaves much more to be desired in those facilities while only 5% of the students thought there are enough facilities provided. Lately, it has been actively carried out to develop foreign language teaching methods by taking advantage of multimedia facilities. Also, there need more active investments in facilities necessary for learning foreign languages in a bid to improve the effects of learning, as well. Besides, considering that the very motive of Japanese learning is the interest in the Japanese pop culture, through which we have to find some methods to maximize the effects of Japanese learning. It is required to expand Japanese education hoped by Japanese learners through active participation of teachers and instructors in the development for Japanese textbook materials and diverse new teaching methods by means of visual images, as well as through re-education of teaching methods for teachers and instructors.