The number of Korean learners as a second language is growing not only in Korea but all over the world as well. Especially, Yangon University of Foreign Languages started Korean education in 1996 for the first time in Myanmar and then University of Fo...
The number of Korean learners as a second language is growing not only in Korea but all over the world as well. Especially, Yangon University of Foreign Languages started Korean education in 1996 for the first time in Myanmar and then University of Foreign Languages, Mandalay opened Korean language department in 1997. Apart from universities, there have opened a number of private Korean language institutes and the number of Korean learners are growing accordingly. However, considering the growing number of students, the educational condition in Korean language is incredibly poor. It has been over 16 years since Myanmarese Universities started Korean language education, though, there is no Korean textbook developed in their university. Moreover, the textbooks used recently are not for the Myanmarese Korean learners but for the foreign students at universities in Korea from various countries around the world with general purpose. In addition to the lack of textbooks, lack of native Korean teachers affects the poor educational condition in Korean language. Most Myanmarese Korean teachers are with bachelor’s degree and a few of them completed graduate school. Still, there is no Myanmarese Korean teacher with doctor’s degree, which leads to the lack of expertise. Korean education in Myanmar has been teacher-oriented rather than learner-oriented and grammar-translation method rules the classroom mainly owing to the lack of native Korean teachers. With teacher's explanation, Korean learners barely repeat sentence patterns, words and grammar, and they are deprived of their chance to utilize grammar with tasks or to practice the expressions in real life.
Overcoming the difficulties, this study aims at proposing to review and develop essential contents for a textbook for the Korean learners in Myanmar. Thus, this study researched current Korean educational status and analyzed the textbooks which are being used on the site.
Chapter 2 reviews current Korean curriculum and Korean educational status at Myanmarese universities and analyzed a textbook for freshmen majoring in Korean at Yangon University of Foreign Languages. The reason to choose Yangon University of Foreign Languages for this study is that University of Foreign Language, Mandalay is barred to foreigners. The result of analyzing the textbook shows that it copied some of the textbooks developed for the multi-national Korean learners in general, which causes a lot of problems such as mismatching unit formation with the class hours, selecting irrelevant topics to the learners educational environment.
Chapter 3 proceeds needs analysis on both Myanmarese Korean learners and teachers, makes 6 suggestions based on the needs analysis, and proposes how to develop a basic speaking textbook. Based on Chapter 2 and Chapter 3, Chapter 4 designs syllabus for basic speaking with various topics and practicality suitable for Korean learners in Myanmar and presents its units accordingly.
This study focuses on the Korean educational status in Yangon University of Foreign Languages, which doesn't represent overall Korean educational status in Myanmar. However, it is where Korean education is done most actively and it reveals the Korean educational status in the university which represents the universities in Myanmar. In addition, It is meaningful that this study tries to develop a textbook for university students based on their needs.
Nonetheless, due to the offlimits, the needs analysis is only primary preference and the results of the research is analyzed with the researcher's inference. Moreover, this study asserts developing audio and visual material but has limits not proceed the argument in detail postponing it for a later study.
It is necessary to develop a basic Korean textbook for Myanmarese university students complementing these limits as soon as possible. There must be more interests and studies to improve the Korean educational quality in Myanmar with respect to the growing number of Korean learners. This study would lead to more studies on Korean education in Myanmar.
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