A Study on the Analysis of Korean Culture Textbooks in Thai Universities and Its Development Due to the rising demand of Thai students towards Korean language, so far, there are altogether 11 universities in Thailand offering Korean language as a maj... A Study on the Analysis of Korean Culture Textbooks in Thai Universities and Its Development Due to the rising demand of Thai students towards Korean language, so far, there are altogether 11 universities in Thailand offering Korean language as a major course of study for undergraduate degree. Despite such popularity in Korean language and its pop culture, Korean language teaching and learning is still in a vulnerable stage. There are several factors obstructing the development of Korean studies in Thailand such as the lack of Korean teachers and specialists, the insufficiency of teachers’ capacities, and the lack of academic research about Korean education for Thai students. These factors affect the amount of work and research which can be contributed to the future of Korean studies in Thailand. Many previous research mostly aimed to improve students’ communication skills rather than build up students’ understanding in Korean culture or encourage them learn by reconstructing new knowledge based on their previous experiences, understanding, collaborative learning, ideas exchange, critical thinking and so on. Especially, Korean culture education and its textbooks for Thai students related topics are rarely conducted. This problem directly results in the lack of Korean culture textbook for Thai students. Nowadays, it is claimed that Korean cultural classes in Thailand fail to provide textbooks for students but instead instructors tend to depend on resources in English found on the Internet or gather cultural information from textbooks published in Korea. These methods are considered to be unsuitable for specific learners such as Thai students as it had not revised Thai students’ purpose, demand, background and language proficiency. Therefore, this study focused on the development of Korean textbooks specifically published in Thai Universities in which they were mainly used for Korean cultural classes. To seek directions for the development, this research chose to analyze existing Korean cultural textbooks in Thailand as its main approach. To accomplish this, the study started off with the discussion of the study’s objectives, necessity, research methodology as well as examined the previous studies such as Korean cultural education in foreign countries, Korean cultural education and its textbooks in Korea, and Korean cultural education in Thailand. Moreover, it is important to review a theory of constructivism, its teaching-learning principles, and how they can be applied to culture education as it has not been applied to Korean Education in Thailand yet. The research also reviewed the current state of Korean education in Thai universities focusing on Korean Cultural subjects, Thai students’ characteristics such as their purpose, need, and preference on certain Korean cultural areas. Moreover, in order to develop textbooks, it is necessary to discuss the principles of composing a textbook and formulate its own principle which can be applied properly to Thai students and their learning environments. The principles mentioned earlier can also be used as a criteria or standards of textbook analysis in the later chapter. However, only four culture textbooks were found to have been currently using in Korean cultural classes in two universities in Thailand, while the rest institutions required their instructors to provide themselves materials for culture classes. The materials used for analysis are「Today’s Korea」, 「Korean society and culture」, 「Korean language and culture」 and 「Korean culture」. The results gained from analysis shows that Thai students generally learned about Korean daily life culture the most, followed by ethnicity and systems such as education, laws, administration, etc. Whereas, there are great demands of Korean pop culture, modern `culture and society, and social phenomenons among Thai students. In addition, the analysis result allowed the author to diagnosed the residing problems of current textbook and identified specific improvement methods..... ，韩语论文范文，韩语论文 |
