국내 기숙형 대학

A case study on initiating an international residential college program at a Korean university

This study investigates the initiation and operation of an International Residential College program at a university in Korea that aimed to enhance the students’ English language skills and to promote global awareness. The program is introduced and the participating students’ satisfaction was measured for each sub-program. The program consisted of an ‘English conversation’ course as curricular and three evening classes, cultural events, and free talking sessions as extra- currular activities. The participants were 35 sophomores. Those that resided in the dormitory had a foreigner roommate. The results of the students survey show that English conversation course satisfaction was 4.49; high due to the intensity of meeting 4 days a week throughout the semester in a small size class. The satisfaction rate for extra-curricular classes held in the evenings in the dormitory ranged from 4.17 to 4.4 proving that the particpants were overall content. The high satisfaction rate 4.35 shows that students were happy with their roommates. Also, the results of a needs analysis for future program are given. It is hoped that similar programs may be implemented to help university students gain cultural and linguistic competence without going overseas.