호주 대학의 한국어 교재 개선 방향

Improving the Cultural Content of Korean Language Textbooks at the Beginners’ Level

This research analyses the content and integration of Korean culture into the Korean language textbooks, Learning Korean : New directions 1 and 2 which are being used in four universities in Australia, and a survey which was conducted to investigate students’ interest in learning about Korean culture. By looking into this data, I suggest improvements to Korean language textbooks in terms of cultural content and its integration into language courses. To do this, I will overview the previous studies and scholarly views surrounding the issue of culture in foreign language pedagogy including Korean language education. This study then makes one standard form for the evaluation of cultural content for first level Korean language textbooks. It analyses the textbooks in terms of inclusion and exclusion of the cultural content and investigates to what extent the culture and language are integrated into the textbooks, and also discusses distortions, misrepresentations and omissions of Korean culture. Finally this study analyses the results of survey which showed students’ preferences in cultural contents, and compares these to the actual contents in the textbooks analysed. The study points out that Korean popular culture, traditional culture, and matters such as body language, hobbies, sports, and leisure life are required. Further modern Korean cultural features and phenomena are also in need of updating. Additionally, separate description of Korean culture also needs to be attached with some questions and activities to explore in the classroom.