earticle

영어

Since the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea in 1992, there has been a trend of warm exchanges between the two sides. However, the advent of COVID-19 spread suddenly across the world and brought an unprecedented infectious disaster to human society and had a huge impact on the exchanges between two countries. With the prolonged outbreak, the "coexistence" with human beings during the COVID-19 has become a "new normal". Under the background of the normalization of the pandemic, people from all walks of life have begun to try to open new ways of people-to-people exchange, one of such attempts is the live-streaming of Korean courses. Some Korean language education institutes in South Korea’s Universities are offering live-streaming Korean courses to Chinese college students, hoping to boost their interest in the language and culture. If more and more Chinese college students are interested in the Korean language, Korea’s Universities can continue the exchange and cooperation with Chinese Universities and help them realize their desire to study in Korea, thereby promoting international exchanges between the Universities. From a national perspective, people-to-people exchanges between the two countries can thus be continued in the context of the pandemic, and bilateral relations can continue to move forward. However, there is no relevant explanation in academic circles as to whether online Korean courses will help to cultivate Chinese college students' interest in Korean. The data collected using questionnaires was subjected to statistical analysis using the SPSS 26.0 platform. It was observed that the live streaming of Korean language courses to Chinese college students, which were carried out by a Korean local University language institute, improved the students’ Korean level and understanding of Korean culture. They remained interested in the Korean language. With regards to interest intensity, more than half of the students' interest intensity in the Korean language remained unchanged, about 10% of the students' interest intensity increased, while about 30% decreased. Therefore, live streaming of Korean courses did not achieve the purpose of improving college students' interest in Korean.