This study aims at performing a needs analysis through multiple sources and methods in order to present basic data for designing a task-based syllabus of curriculum in Korean for academic purposes.For this end, chapter 1 points out the problem that th...
This study aims at performing a needs analysis through multiple sources and methods in order to present basic data for designing a task-based syllabus of curriculum in Korean for academic purposes.For this end, chapter 1 points out the problem that the government and universities continue to come up with plans to recruit more and more foreign students that are on steady rise since 2000, when Korean curriculum for foreign students are poorly developed. The chapter therefore underlines the need to develope curriculum in Korean for academic purposes targeted on foreign students. It further argues that basic research for designing a task-based syllabus is needed after reviewing preceeding studies.The second chapter explains why this study made a task the unit of needs analysis by elaborating on the advantage of Task-based Language Teachings, exploring previous researches on development of curriculum in Korean for specific and academic purposes and comparing a synthetic approach with an analytic approach of designing syllabus. It further stresses the importance of needs analysis with multiple sources and methods by examining each procedures of needs analysis including setting purposes of needs analysis, administering the needs analysis and interpreting as well as using of the information collected.The third chapter deals with interviews and questionnaires from Chinese students, a chief of a Korean language institute, a staff and professors of a college, which were initiated to perform needs analysis for this study. In specific, the chapter goes through interview lists used in the interviews, instruments of questionnaires and questionnaires procedures along with methods analyzing data collected from questionnaires.The fourth chapter explores the result of needs analysis drawn from interviews and questionnaires. First, the way how a chief of Korean language teaching institute, professors and an official at a college perceive needs of foreign students were studied. Professors said stricter admission requirement and education that can improve basic linguistic competence of foreign students were needed. A chief of Korean language teaching institute called for language education focused on reading and writing. Meanwhile, an official at a college responded no need of foreign students will have to be considered since they did not perceive any problem in foreign students'' studies. The result of questionnaires on Chinese students at Gwangwoon university revealed that men wanted ''participation in seminar and discussion'' more than women did. It also showed that students of business administration major wanted ''presentation'' more than those majoring in humanity or social science, and ''sorting out materials and writing papers or dissertations'' more than students of engineering major. On the criteria of years of studying, juniors and seniors had bigger demands for ''writing papers and dissertation'' than freshmen. Foreign students under 1 year of staying experience in Korea had greater demand for ''listening for lectures'' than students with 1 to 2 years of staying experience in Korea. On the criteria of years of learning Korean, foreign students under 1 year of learning Korean and those 3 to 4 years of learning Korean had more demands for ''participation in seminar and discussion'' and ''sorting out materials'' than students who learned Korean for 1 to 2 years.The fifth chapter comes up with target tasks based on the result of needs analysis of interviews and questionnaires in consideration of majors and demographic features of foreign students such as years of studying, years of staying experience in Korea and years of learning Korean. It also provides insight on how pedagogic tasks can be developed and organized in stages in order to achieve each target task.In the final chapter conclusions of this study are discussed. Based on limits of this study, it is also pointed out that further researches intended to administering the task-based needs analysis that can be generalized as well as designing a task-based syllabus and putting the syllabus into practice and evaluating it are needed.