| Research for the Liberal Arts Curriculum for International Students |
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Eun Young Kwon |
| 외국인 유학생 교양교육과정 개발 연구 |
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권은영 |
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| Abstract |
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In this paper, I suggest the guidelines on the curriculum design of the liberal art courses for international students by examining and analyzing the data for the state of international students, the level of Korean skills, and lectures they ve taken and completed. The analysis result shows that foreign students and graduates tend to have taken the diverse liberal art courses including Korean culture and history than the courses for the foreign students like learning Korean, and culture and history of their countries. In addition they have completed the courses more than required for graduation.
Based on this result, I point out that the current curriculum consisting of similar and overlapped courses for raising Korean skill, and exclusive courses for international students and lectures in English, does not provide the appropriate education for the international students. Also it is emphasized that the curriculum should be changed and enforced in the direction to reduce a gap between the Korean communication skills they learn in the class and practically required ability, to help them adapting Korean culture, and eventually to have them overcome the difficulties of lives in Korea as foreign students by themselves.
As a means of complementing the communication ability in Korean and enhancing the capability of self-determination through basic knowledge learned from a wide range of disciplines, the rich curriculum of the liberal arts for the international students has a significant effect on improvement in recognition of their culture identity and understanding Korean culture. |
| Key Words:
international student curriculum, liberal art curriculum, General education, Korean for academic purpose |
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