김형직사범대학교의 외국어로서의 조선어교육 운영 사례 연구

A Study on the Curriculum of Korean as a Foreign Language at Kim Hyung Jik University of Education

The purpose of this study is to review the specific operating practices of Korean language education as a foreign language at Kim Hyung Jik University of Education. In order to achieve the research purpose, I conducted in-depth interviews with two Korean language learners who were international students through Chinese government scholarships and receiving Korean language training at Kim Hyung Jik University of Education in 2019 and one Chinese student who came to the same school through postgrauate scholarships. I could confirm that currently in North Korea, foreign students were only able to get admission on Korean language course at Kim Il Sung University and Kim Hyung Jik University of Education. Both universities offered Korean language education for foreigners, but they had differences in the number of students in class, nationality, teaching methods of Korean conversations, educational tours, and academic programmes. In addition, in the case of Kim Hyung Jik University of Education, the curriculum was reduced and changed in the past, and changes such as an increase of class size, learning time, and the number evaluations were made during the course. On the other hand, two universities put the same importance on Korean conversations and reading comprehension. The participants were generally satisfied with the education programmes including Korean language, but they didn’t see much teacher-student relationship. Less developed educational environment and school life without freedom and small improvement on Korean language ability due to the difference of Korean language between North Korea and South Korea contributed to lower the satisfaction.