일본어교육과 이문화커뮤니케이션

Abstract

Japan-related departments are established at 91 universities in Korea. There are a variety of departments with 21 Japanese and 30 Japanese Language and Literature departments and 21 Japanese studies departments. In the curriculums of these departments, classes for Japanese language ability improvement occupy very large amount of 50.15%. In terms of research fields of Japanese-related researchers, Japanese language accounts for 41%, Japanese literature 25.76%, Japanese culture 18.8%, and Japanology 11.4%. Withing Japanese language field, Japanese language accounts for 62.62%, Japanese Education 24.56%, and Intercultural Communication 12.82%. The proportion of Japanese language is overwhelmingly dominant. It means the researches are stuck on the Japanese language structure or system. Japanese Education accounts for very large proportion and it is also an important part of Japan-related departments. Though the Japanese language and the Korea language share a big similarity in terms of grammar, they also have many differences in terms of communication. In case that the purpose of Japanese education is communication competence improvement, there is the necessity for more active researches of Intercultural Communication between the Japanese language and the Korean language. The results of the researches should be positively reflected on Japanese learning materials for the development of Japanese Education.