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The actual situation of job hunting of university students majoring in Japanese language in Korea: A consideration concerning the role of Japanese language education as career education

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2016, (50), pp.21-36
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature

古賀万紀子 1

1早稲田大学

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of Japanese language education in career education. I conducted a survey of South Korean university students majoring in Japanese language about employment awareness and searching for jobs at Japanese companies. The results of a quantitative analysis clarified that while most respondents want to make use of the Japanese language in their careers and hope to find employment in Japan, their drive to find employment was not being followed up with decisive action. Furthermore, the results of a qualitative analysis suggest that students’ worries are in feeling alone in their job search and the distinctive and closed nature of the Japanese job-hunting system. It also revealed that issues for universities and companies exist in reforming Japan’s traditional job-search system and company culture, creating opportunities to interact with companies, expanding information resources, and building networks. Based on these results, the paper considered approaches to Japanese language education. As for topics going forward, the study mentions the formulation of an organized career support system by means of a multi-tiered cooperation on the micro to macro levels, and contends that Japanese language education should play a guiding role in implementing that cooperation..

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