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The Survey of Korean Language Teaching in Thailand By Asst.Prof.Tassanee Thantawanit Mrs.Chanchala Sivamard Korean Studies Center (KSC), Burapha University. Table 1 Faculty Staff. Table 1 Faculty Staff.
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The Survey of Korean Language Teaching in ThailandByAsst.Prof.Tassanee ThantawanitMrs.Chanchala SivamardKorean Studies Center (KSC), Burapha University
Table 1 Faculty Staff • There are 13 Thai lecturers and 13 Korean lecturers in 9 universities Teaching Korean language courses. • Most of them hold master degrees in Korean Language. • One Ph.D. Korean instructor at SU. • Two Ph.D. candidates from BUU studying in Korea. • One Ph.D. candidates from PSU studying in Korea. • Some are B.A. instructor volunteers from KOICA.
Table 2 Number of Staff Teaching in Various Areas • Most of the staff teach language skills and grammar. • Most curricula concentrate in language skills and grammar.
Table 3 Research Areas of Interests Research areas of interests were given only from BUU as shown in the table.
Table 4 Years of Experience • Teaching experience for most of instructors is approximately 5-6 years. • However, there are some who have had 9-10 years of teaching experience.
Table 5 PublicationsRelateing Korean language and Korean Studies
Table 5 PublicationsRelating Korean language and Korean studies Almost all publications are the texts for beginning and intermediate Korean learners. In addition, Korean-Thai and Thai-Korean dictionariesare mostly in mini-size version (approximate 8,000 words).
Table 6 Institutions that facilitate Korean Language Teaching and Korean Studies
Table 6 Academic Status Korean language field in every university is under the Oriental Department in Faculty of Humanities or Faculty of Arts.
Table 7 Progress in Korean Language Teaching * Ramkhamhaeng University provides only Korean related subjects
NU KKU MSU SU CU, RU,SWU,TU BUU PSU
Table 7 Progress in Korean Language Teaching • Korean language teaching was delivered for the first time in 1986 at Prince of Songkla University (Pattani) as electives. • At present, there are 9 institutes providing Korean language courses. • Three universities offer courses as majors, minors, and electives. • Five universities offer courses as minors and electives. • Nine universities offer as electives only.
Table 8 Curriculum Courses • Major in Korean language, the curriculum provides 58 and 78 credits. • Minor in Korean language, the curriculum provides 18 and 24 credits. • Electives in Korean language, the curriculum provides 6-12 credits. • Most of courses concern Language skills, grammar,and Korean language for special purposes. • There are not many courses concerning literature, Korean Studies and culture.
Table 9 Future Plan • BUU plans to offer B. Ed. in Korean Language Teaching and M.A. in Korean Studies. • CU plans to offer a major in Korean Languages. • SU plans to increase lecturers and students.
Table 10 Distribution of Concentrated Area Courses in Korean Language Curricula Provided by Thai Universities
Table 10 Distribution of Concentrated Area Courses in Korean Language Curricula Provided by Thai Universities
Table 10 Distribution of Concentrated Area Courses in Korean Language Curricula Provided by Thai Universities
The number of students majoring in Korean language before year 2000 started with 22 persons. There has been increasing, until now the number of students are 231 persons. Major course Table 11 Number of students From Before 2000 to 2004
Table 11 Number of students From Before 2000 to 2004 Minor course The number of students minor in Korean language before year 2000 started with 22 persons. There has been increasing, until now the number of students are 176 persons.
Table 11 Number of students From Before 2000 to 2004 Elective course The number of students choosingKorean language as elective before year 2000 was 202. The number of students at present (2004)is 312.
Table 11 Number of students Graduated with Korean Language as a Major and Minor Major The total of students graduated with Korean Language is 44 persons as a major and 161 persons as a minor. Minor
Table 11 Distribution of Employment Situation of the Graduates Career • Most of graduates have worked for local company, some have worked for foreign firms. • The rest of them which are very small in number take up entrepreneurship further their education, or work for the government.
Table 14 Materials Frequently Used • There are teaching materials available in book forms for Korean language. • In addition, audio and VDO formats are being used. The most frequent use is Korean language textbooks. • However, the high demand on every kind of materials are in need especially for Korean language.
Table 15 Affiliated Institutes • Affiliation. There are five centers / institutes. • There are three Korean Studies Centers, one Language Center, and one Asian Studies Institute. • The first established is Thammasart Korean Studies Center (1986) and the latest is Korean Studies Center at Burapha University (2001).
Table 18 Researchers • Researchers. There are only five researchers in two centers. • Four of them have worked with KoreanStudiesCenter at ThammasartUniversity.
Table 19 Network (Business Community)/ Partnership (Korean Universities / Institutes)
Table 19 Network (Business Community)/Partnership (Korean Universities / Institutes) There is only few networking among business communities.
Table 20 Project There is only Burapha university planning for year 2003-2004 for 7 projects as follows: conference, textbook development, survey, and student academic activity.
Table 21 Publications • Research publications had been published and distributed mostly by ThammasartUniversity (23 issues from 1985-2002). • Research topics are mostly on the following issues: politics, economic, socials, trade, investment, business, industry, and culture.
Recommendations 1. Academic background of instructors isappropriate. 2. Number of instructors is not in suitable proportions, as a result, researches and academic papers are insufficient. 3. Nine Universitiesthat offerKorean Language are located in every vital region all over Thailand.
Recommendations 4. University offing major in Korean are located in three regions: Eastern, Western and Southern. Institute in the Eastern Region gains advantage since it is near Bangkok and there arebetter job opportunities: Korean firms investing at Industrial parks. In addition, more collaborative network will be well defined. 5. Burapha University and Prince of Songkla University(Pattani Campus)are in the better position for the development in the near future because their Thai full–time lecturers will complete their education soon.
Recommendations 6. The number of students studying Korean increases rapidly. All graduates can easily get highly–paid job. 7. Graduates work in Korea–Thailand joint ventures and work as translators or tourist guides. Further more there are opportunities for them to further their education and become lecturers in the University.
