韩国小学汉语教学中的故事运用.pdfVIP

Use of storytelling as a Chinese teaching method at Korean elementary schools Abstract Since 1992, when China and Korea established diplomatic relations, the two countries were becoming closer and closer and now are interwined in politics, economy and on many other levels. That is why more and more people in Korea study Chinese, furthermore, being able to speak Chinese fluently became an important skill when looking for employment in certain areas. There are both Chinese lessons and Chinese language university majors and many students study Chinese as early as from elementary school. There are Chinatowns in majority of big cities. Some shops in InCheon for example, which is also known as Chinese small town, only use Chinese. Here Koreans can come in contact with Chinese life style and culture. Under these circumstances, where the ability to speak Chinese and understanding Chinese culture is becoming more and more important learning Chinese from a very young age is gradually becoming more and more popular. Elementary students when compared to adults and older children are much better at learning foreign languages. However, due to the quite late emergence of Chinese lessons at Korean elementary schools, research in this area is not sufficient. The same goes for textbooks, which are lacking in variety. Majority of them rely on childrens songs and games. This is why I have chosen elementary school Chinese teaching as my research topic, I want to introduce a new method, learning through storytelling. Although this method has already been used in many other areas, it has not been used for Chinese teaching. In our research we will first provide and insight on the overall elementary school Chinese teaching situation, which will be follow