Tasks and Solutions of University Liberal Arts Chinese Language Education : Focusing on the Issues of Dong-A University
이 글은 동아대학교 교양중국어 교육의 문제점을 진단하고 해결방안을 제시한 것이다. 동 아대학교 교양중국어를 담당한 5인의 교수자를 대상으로 설문조사하여 교양중국어에 대한 인 식과 요구를 살펴보았다. 이로써 동아대학교 교양중국어는 수준별 분반의 부재, 과다한 학급 규모, 학과교양 과목과의 차별화로 인해 수업의 내용과 방법에 제약이 있음을 고찰하였다. 또 절대평가를 선호하는 교수자 요구에 반하는 상대평가제도 실시, 외국어교육 현실에 적합하지 않는 강의평가 설문항목의 문제 등을 분석하였다. 이에 단대별 상황에 적합한 분반 설계, 폐 강기준 완화와 분반별 수강인원 상한선 조정, 특별학점 인증제도 마련, 절대평가로 전환, 강 의평가 설문항목 개선 등의 해결방안을 제시하였다. 담당교수 5인의 교육경험을 리서치한 이 글이 국내 대학 교양중국어 교육현황과 개선에 대한 실제 사례로서 교양중국어 교육의 활성 화와 제도적 개선을 환기시키는 계기가 될 수 있기를 바란다.
This article examines the problems of liberal arts Chinese language course at Donga-A University and suggests some possible solutions. The survey asked five professors who are responsible for Chinese language course at Dong-A University to examine the perceptions and demands on this Chinese language course. Based on the learning goals of liberal arts Chinese language course at Dong-A University, which is composed of the basic pronunciation, four kinds of Chinese intonations and reading and understanding of basic sentence patterns, the problems were diagnosed by setting criteria such as the difference of students’ level, the size of class, the differentiation of department’s other liberal arts subjects, the method and direction of the assesment and lecture evaluation. Thus, we found out that the liberal arts Chinese language courses at Dong-A University have limitations in lecture contents and methods with respect to such factors as the absence of class classified by students’ level, excessive class size and the differentiation of this course with other liberal arts subjects. We also considered issues where relative evaluation is preferred to absolute evaluation which is against the teachers’ needs and lecture evaluation items of questionnaires which are not suitable for the situation of foreign language education. In conclusion, such solutions were proposed as class design which is appropriate to the situation of each collage, mitigation of closing criteria, and adjustment of upper limit of students per class, preparation of special credit certification systems, conversion of absolute assessment criteria, and improvement of survey items for lectures.