Awareness of K-Culture Among Polish University Students and Preferred Teaching Methods
Awareness of K-Culture Among Polish University Students and Preferred Teaching Methods
Author(s): Hyoung-Jin Moon, Jong-ho Nam, Katarzyna Juszczyk-FrelkiewiczSubject(s): Foreign languages learning, Higher Education , Philology, Sociology of Education
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: Polish university students; K-culture; Language and Culture Teaching Method (LCTM); Audio-Visual Teaching Method (ATM);
Summary/Abstract: This study explores the most preferred and effective teaching methods for Korean language and culture for university students. Statistical analysis of awareness of the Korean language, history, and culture was conducted. It tested differences in students’ knowledge about Korea dependently on a teaching method and sociodemographic variables. The study investigated is there a dependency between favourite teaching methods of K-culture and analogical methods using K-pop, K-drama, and K-food. The main research tool was the survey conducted among 70 students studying Korean language and culture at the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland. The study’s statistical analy- ses employed the IBM SPSS Statistics 29.0 package, used for analysing basic descriptive statistics, r Pearson and rho Spearman correlation analyses, and t Student test for independent variables. The analysis proves that the students do not differ in terms of knowledge about Korea in relation to a preferred and effective teaching method.
Journal: The New Educational Review
- Issue Year: 2023
- Issue No: 73
- Page Range: 95-108
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English