This study aims to analyze the trend of Japanese conversation materials published in Korea between 2000 and 2013. Components covered by this study are as follows: ① volumes of publications by year ② number of edition(s) ③④ prices ⑤authors (nationality of author(s) : Korean or Japanese, number of author(s)) ⑥ number of pages ⑦ supplementary audio materialsLooking into the result, Japanese conversation materials were most numerously published between 2006 and 2008, so this period is considered a golden age of their publications. In addition, since 2012, the number of high school students learning Japanese as a second foreign language has sharply decreased to one third as many as in 2011. Along with its downturn, total volumes of Japanese conversation materials published in 2013 decreased to fifteen which were only one third compared to the volumes in 2006. In terms of the number of edition(s), it was found that 28% of the published materials had multiple editions, and the rest(78%) had a single edition. As to prices, the average cost of the materials was 11,194 Korean won which indicated there was no big increase in comparison with inflation of the consumer price. Looking into authors, 51% of the materials were published by Koreans only, which were three times as many as Japanese-only authors. When it comes to supplementary audio materials, the number of CDs exceeded cassette tapes compared to 2005, and MP3 files emerged from 2008 and mounted up to 2012. Finally, Japanese conversation materials in an e-book type appeared from 2006, and seemed to be popular up to and decreased since 2008, while e-book business in Korea showed big growth by two-digit billion Korean won from 2008. Despite its market growth, demand for Japanese conversation materials in an e-book type only decreased which indicates the number of Japanese learners decreased.
한국일본근대학회 [The Japanese Modern Association of Korea]
설립연도
1999
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
본 학회는 한국, 일본의 문학 및, 어학, 문화, 사상, 역사 등 여러 분야의 연구자 및 대학원생의 연구성과에 관한 자유로운 발표, 토론을 통해 학문발전과 학술교류를 행하고자하는 목적에서 설립되었다.
따라서 본 회는 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위해 학술연구발표회 및 연구회와 학술지 발간, 국내외 관련 학계와의 학술교류, 관련정보의 구축 및 제공 등의 사업을 실시하고 있다.
간행물
간행물명
일본근대학연구 [ILBON KUNDAEHAK YUNGU ; The Journal of Korean Association of Modern Japanology]