This study suggested that the curriculum for academic purposes in advanced levels in KFL language course need to be developed according to the KAP students' subject field to accommodate their specific academic needs. The curriculum of this study aimed...
This study suggested that the curriculum for academic purposes in advanced levels in KFL language course need to be developed according to the KAP students' subject field to accommodate their specific academic needs. The curriculum of this study aimed of preparing engineering students for fundamental content knowledge as well as increasing their Korean language proficiency. To this end, this study adopted a thematic model, a type of content-based language instructions as a teaching unit of the curriculum. The research design of the study includes needs analysis, discourse analysis and textbook analysis. The needs analysis was conducted for two purposes, one is for first target situation analysis and the other is for students' needs analysis. Frist, target situation analysis was carried out using semi-structured interview with 50 informants in order to gather basic information on the demands of Korean language and communicative purposes in engineering field. From the target needs analysis, 25 communicative events generally used in engineering discipline were found. The findings suggested that engineering-oriented KSAP curriculum be organized with mathematics, physics and chemistry which provide foundations to grasp engineering study. Second, a survey was conducted to find out students' perception on difficulty and necessity on 25 communicative events. The findings revealed that majority of the students experience significant language difficulties carrying out their academic career, especially in speaking and writing skills. Third, this study investigated discourse markers presented in engineering textbooks focusing on 5 rhetorical functions developed by Trimble(1985). The results showed that the way in which language in science was significantly different from the one mostly shown on the KGAP textbooks, especially in terms of vocabulary. It implies that Korean course for engineering students need to include basic science vocabulary which is fundamental to develop students' science literacy. To sum up, 1) from the needs analysis, the subject areas and academic tasks taking place in engineering disciplinary were selected to be integrated in the curriculum, 2) from the discourse analysis, a appropriate level for vocabulary selection was decided. As a next step, this study selected themes and topics to develop a thematic curriculum based on Six-T's approach using textbooks on chemistry and physics being used in university and in secondary schools. Finally, 4 major elements, themes, topics, tasks, and content texts including basic science vocabulary were selected. Based on the instructional materials selected, this study developed a content-based curriculum consisting of four subject areas, mathematics, chemistry, physics and lab report writing. This study suggested 'multi-syllabus' according to the characteristics of each course: a sheltered for mathematics, a theme-based with Six-T's approach for chemistry and physics, and genre-based for lab report writing. One unit of theme-based syllabus is included as a sample of the method as well as a genre-based syllabus for lab-report writing designed for 10 weeks. It is expected the curriculum developed in this study will be able to help engineering students accommodate their future communication needs and the academic demands required in engineering discipline, providing them a solid foundation to accomplish their academic goals.