중국 내 학원에서의 한국어 학습자의 학습 실태 분석 = The analysis of the student who study Korean at institute in China

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In 1992 China and South Korea established diplomatic relationship which paved the path for the cultural communication between them. Since then Korean Wave culture rushed to China along with the acceptance and favor of Korean dramas among Chinese, meanwhile Korean language institutes have mushroomed. However compared to formal Korean language education units Korean language institutes have the following characteristics: large numbers, wide spread, diversity of study motivation and personal situations. Given these reasons; it is imperative to complete statistical analysis on study motivations of language learners in China. Hence this research focuses on a study on Korean language enthusiast learners in a city in China via sampling survey in terms of three aspects. First, individual personal information including gender, age, occupation and study time to find out the basic features of enthusiast learners in Korean language institutes. Second, learning motivation patterns: referring to Gardner & Lam bert`s theory of study motivation in social linguistics contexts. Korean language enthusiast learners` motivation falls into the following two types: integrative motivation and instrumental motivation. Third, study patterns: this parts involves research on learners` study patterns during their spare time which will be divided into survival pattern and academic pattern. This study aims to improve comprehension of the study situation of Korean language enthusiast learners` in China and therefore attributing to the development of Korean language institutes.