Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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Chinese Undergraduates' Perception of the Integration of Chinese Minority Culture in EFL Classes

중국 대학생들의 EFL 수업에서 중국 소수민족 문화 통합에 대한 인식

  • Li, Guihua (College of Foreign Languages, Yanbian University)
  • 리계화 (연변대학교 외국어학원)
  • Received : 2021.09.06
  • Accepted : 2021.12.20
  • Published : 2021.12.28
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Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate students' perception of the integration of Chinese ethnic minority culture into the college EFL teaching which was carried out in the fall and spring semesters with different presentation topics. One and the same questionnaire was distributed to 61 participants, involving Han Chinese and Chinese ethnic minority students, at a university in ethnic minority area in China at the end of each semester, and SPSS 20.0 was used for t-test to analyze the data. The research results showed that Chinese undergraduates have got more significant improvements in cultural cognition, emotions, attitudes, and multi-cultural values in the spring semester than those in the fall semester. All participants benefit a lot from multi-cultural activities without significant differences between Han Chinese and ethnic minority students in both semesters. It is suggested that ethnic minority culture be integrated into the college EFL teaching, along with English culture and Chinese mainstream culture, which be administered as a practical teaching mode to develop students' intercultural competence.

본 연구는 가을과 봄 두 학기에 각각 다른 발표 주제를 가지고 진행되었던 EFL 수업에서 중국 소수민족 문화의 통합에 대한 중국 대학생들의 인식을 조사하기 위해 시행되었다. 중국 소수민족 지역의 한 대학 61명 한족과 중국 소수민족 대학생들을 대상으로 설문조사를 진행하였고 데이터 분석에 t-검정 방법이 사용되었다. 연구 결과 학생들이 문화 인지, 정서, 태도, 다문화 가치관 등 방면에서 가을 학기보다 봄 학기에 더 높은 향상을 이룬 것으로 나타났다. 한족과 중국 소수민족 대학생들 그룹간의 차이 없이 문화 인지, 정서, 태도, 다문화 가치관 등 방면에서 진보를 가져왔다. 나아가 중국 소수민족 문화를 영어문화, 중국 주류문화와 함께 대학 EFL 수업에 통합하고 학생들의 문화 간 의사소통능력촉진을 위한 실질적인 교육 모드로 운영할 것을 제안하였다.

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Acknowledgement

This paper was supported by a General Grant of "13th Five-Year" Plan of Jilin Education Science, China (GH19025).

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