일본의 한국어 교육 현황과 과제

Current situation and challenges of Korean language education in Japan: focusing on changes for 10 years from ‘hanlyu’.

Korean language education in Japan has rapidly expanded since the beginning of the 2000s, it has undergone a great change qualitatively. I presented at the Korean Society about the actual situation of the Korean language education in Japan 10 years ago. It has also changed greatly since then. This paper shows the actual situation of the institutions of Korean language education in Japan, such as Korean ethnic schools, universities, high schools, civic courses, and so on. Moreover, recent developments in learning needs, teaching materials and qualities of educators will be shown, and research activities for the qualitative improvement of education in Japan will be introduced. An interesting fact related to learning motivation is that according to a questionnaire survey conducted at more than one hundred universities in Japan, Korean language learners started to learn Korean due to preference rather than its importance or usefulness, when compared with other language learners.