The purpose of this research is to closely examine the current curriculum of the Department of Korean Language Education at The Instituto Superior de Educación, the ISE, and to develop a new curriculum for the department, which reflects the needs of ...
The purpose of this research is to closely examine the current curriculum of the Department of Korean Language Education at The Instituto Superior de Educación, the ISE, and to develop a new curriculum for the department, which reflects the needs of its students and the real state of Korean education in Paraguay.
Chapter 1 discusses previous studies focusing on Korean language instructor training programs designed to “cultivate” new teachers rather than to “re-educate” existing teachers in Korea, as well as the curriculum of other foreign languages, especially English.
Chapter 2 investigates some related theories for discussion and reviews reference works used to prepare the standard curriculum in Paraguay. These references could potentially help develop the standard curriculum of the Korean Language Education departments used both in Paraguay and abroad.
Chapter 3 examines Korean academia in general in Paraguay and ISE, and identifies the deficiencies in the Korean Education program. As a result of the analysis, the majority of the students lack the skills or have difficulties articulating an idea verbally in the Korean language. In additnion students are requesting more classes in conversation and Korean culture, and better instructor preparation courses to improve teacher competency.
Chapter 4 introduces a new curriculum for the Korean Education Department at ISE, based on the results discussed in chapters 2 and 3. The last chapter, chapter 5, summarizes previous chapters and identifies areas requiring further study.
The significance of this study is the illumination of the dire need to address the issue of substandard curriculum for Korean Educational Programs in foreign universities around the world and to initialize the development of excellent educational programs in Korean studies. I hope these Korean Educational Programs will become common in all university language departments, like China, Japan, U.S., other countries, and that they will actively develop better programs.