✔Research Achievements on the Basis of Original Research Plan

Research Achievements on the Basis of Original Research Plan
Project Name		A Study on the Educational Systems of Macedonia and Korea with the Purpose of Laying the Foundation for Korean Studies in Macedonia: Restoration of Records and Intercultural Communication
No.	Original Research Plan and Category	Achievements
1	Outline of the Research	The research team consists of four members. All four of them have done previous research and have written papers on the subject. Apart from the above participants, additional three prominent scholars from Macedonia who have interest in Korean Studies are also taking part in the two conferences (2011, 2012).     They have achieved significant results in writing research papers and presenting them at international conferences. The following is an outline of the previous research done by all the participants.
	Research Paper 1	Maksim Karanfilovski, <The Korean Language in Macedonia> ☞ Research Summary: Korea and Macedonia, the two people need a better mutual acquaintance, broader intercultural communication, strengthening of the friendship. The two universities (Macedonian University and Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) in the concrete case have a desire and an opportunity to make the needed historical first steps of the two cultures and the two peoples to come closer together despite the geographical distance and the cultural difference. The study of Korean language in Macedonia and Macedonian language in Korea has a multilateral importance. Students from the two countries come to study the language of a new friendly country and they become the “first swallows” of a new friendship, while it, by itself, is an enormous treasure. This justifies the feeling of content from achieving a better understanding and deepening the friendship between the two people.
	Research Paper 2	Spas Rangelov, <Inception and Development of Korean Studies in the Republic of Macedonia> ☞ Research Summary: In this paper the author gives an account of the inception and development of the Korean language courses and the Korea related academic programme at the Ss Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje(shortly, Macedonian university) and more specifically at the “Blaže Koneski” Faculty of Philology, the only place that offers such courses in the Macedonia. The account is based on the author’s academic experience and communication with relevant actors, as well as on documents from the archives of the government and educational institutions. In the end of this article were followed 4 informative appendixes, related to the Korean studies in Macedonian university.
	Research Paper 3	Kim, Jae Uk, <The present state of Korean education in Korea> ☞ Research Summary: Detailed information on the effective methods for acquiring the aspects of Korean language in which foreign learners are interested, the possibilities of studying in Korea, etc. The study treats the following topics: 1. The history and progress of Korean Education 2. Korean language education institutions 3. Textbooks for Korean language 4. The policy of Korean language education 5. The future direction of Korean language education development In the attached Appendix, information on the current situation of Korean Studies education and lectures in the countries adjacent to Macedonia is presented.
	Research Paper 4	Kim Wonhoi, <Macedonia in Korea - It’s image and memory: An intercultural approach> ☞ Research Summary: The study presents the results of the tracking and systematization of all materials in Korea concerning Macedonia. It is a comparative cultural research focusing on the image Koreans have of Macedonia. It states that in Korea, in all, there are 377 books, research papers and multi-media materials on Macedonia. Based on this research, five keywords were   proposed, describing the images Koreans associate with Macedonia. They are: Mother Theresa, Alexander the Great, green energy, holy land and a source of conflict on the Balkan peninsula. An additional study (This part was presented in the 1st international humanities forum, 2011) expounds on the problems of Macedonia and Kosovo as places of ethnic and religious conflict on the Balkans and the efforts to look for a solution within the sphere of humanities.
	Research Paper 5	Ilija Aceski, <The perception of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) by students in the Republic of Macedonia> ☞ Research Summary: In the study Korea and the image of Korea are analyzed through the results of a survey conducted among students in the University of Macedonia. In the survey, students from the Department of Marketing, the Department of Philosophy and the Department of Linguistics and Literature of the university of Macedonia were asked questions, through which details of their knowledge of Korea and the necessity of Korean language education were obtained and analyzed. The studies focus on the following questions: 1. What does the study of the students’ perception of Korea show? 2. How informed are they students about Korea? 3. What is the students’ interest towards Eastern civilization? 4. Perception of Koreans: When you hear the word Korea, what do you think of?
	Research Paper 6	Radica Nikodinovska, <The Semantics of Some Korean Proverbs and Their Equivalents in the Macedonian Language> ☞ Research Summary: The purpose of this paper is to make an analysis of some Korean proverbs in order to discover whether they have semantic equivalents in the Macedonian language, and if that is the case it would mean that the two cultures are perceiving reality in a similar way, or otherwise it would mean that they have totally different modes of perceptions of the external reality. This analysis aims to open a window to the Korean language and culture and also encourage and stimulate Macedonian students to learn and study the Korean language and to carry out deeper analysis of the Korean proverbs. The analysis is conducted in base of a small dictionary of Korean proverbs with literally English translation accompanied by an extensive explanation of the meaning of proverbs.
	Research Paper 7	Maksim Karanfilovski, <The Macedonian Language at Universities Abroad> ☞ Research Summary: From 1967-1968 until today about twenty Macedonian lectorates have been opened in the world. Eleven of them work now but Macedonian is studied at many other universities where there are no Macedonian lectors and courses are taught by domestic lecturers. Macedonian language lectorates abroad are cultural centers of their own kind that contribute immensely to the popularization of Macedonian culture abroad and assist its faster and more successful integration with the other European and world cultures. The author seeks the way of opening Macedonian studies in Korea and promoting Macedonian in Korean society.
	Research Paper 8	Spas Rangelov, <Korean Studies in Macedonia in the Context of the Present State and Development of Korean Studies in Eastern and Southeastern Europe> ☞ Research Summary: The central geographical position of the Republic of Macedonia itself on the Balkan peninsula is a potential asset for the future growth of Korea-related studies and research on a regional level (Macedonia is already well ahead of Greece, Albania and Kosovo in that field) and for the establishment of Skopje as a future regional hub for Korean studies. The geographical proximity to Sofia, which has grown into a Korean studies hub for Southeastern Europe, is also a great advantage. Some students have already gone individually or in self-organized groups to attend Korea-related events, visit Korean restaurants, or explore the possibilities of taking the TOPIK exam in Sofia. In this sense, Sofia provides us proper example.
	Research Paper 9	Kim, Jae Uk, <Korean Communicative Teaching Methods to Macedonian, Using Multimedia Supplementary Materials> ☞ Research Summary: This article was focused on the communicative teaching methods of Korean language to Macedonian students. These methods are divided by 4, as follows. 1. Multimedia Environment and Supplementary materials 2. The effect of two aspects using 'Supplementary multimedia materials' 3. The Types and Examples of 'Supplementary multimedia materials‘ 4. Guideline to develop 'Supplementary multimedia materials' This is the most effective method for teaching and learning Korean to Macedonian. Of course, this method can be applied to the other country and people in this region.
	Research Paper 10	Kim Wonhoi, <Teaching Macedonian to Korean Students – on the Basis of language and Intercultural Difference> ☞ Research Summary: For Korean and Korean students, the Macedonian language and culture is still strange and new one. Of course in Korea, many Slavic languages and cultures are taught. For example, we, in Korea, have Russian, Bulgarian, Czech, Polish and Serbo-Croation language departments. But, we do not have separate Macedonian department in Korea. In the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, in some Slavic departments are taught Macedonian language as the subject for comparative studies. Teaching Macedonian to Korean students is not well established and is some kind of new challenge. The author writes and tries to make the good methods of teaching Macedonian to Korean students by following two ways; 1. Teaching Macedonian to Korean students by dialectal and linguistic feature basis and by comparative Slavic method.  2. Teaching Macedonian to Korean students by intercultural communication points of view.
	Research Paper 11	Radica Nikodinovska, < The Beginnings of Macedonian and Korean modern poetry : Kočo Racin and Kim So-Wol > ☞ Research Summary: Despite the huge distance between Macedonia and South Korea and their different spiritual, historical, cultural, linguistic and other traditions, still, in some spots of their historical passage these two different people share a common destiny, being in different periods, part of a great empires (the Ottoman, the Serbian, the Bulgarian, the Byzantine Empire for the Macedonian people and the Empire of Japan for the Korean people). The aim of this paper is to give a brief comparison between the beginnings of Macedonian and Korean modern poetry through the analysis of the work and personality of two poets, the Macedonian poet Kočo Racin and the Korean poet Kim So-Wol. My choice of these poets is based on the period of time in which they lived and wrote poetry, which is the beginning of the 20th century, the period before the Second World War.
2	1st International Conference	On October 27-28, 2011, a two-day international conference was held at the Macedonian university. “The 1st International Conference for the Promoting Korean Studies in Macedonia” October 27-28, 2011  Macedonian University, The Academy of Korean Studies, HUFS Session I  “Establishing Korea-Bulgaria Educational Partnership”                 Session II “Understanding and Opportunities between Korea & Macedonia” Scholars in the area of Korean studies from Macedonia, Bulgaria and Korea participated. They presented papers on the strategies for the establishing and development of Korean studies in Macedonia and shared their opinions in discussions.
	2nd International Conference	On June 05-06, 2012, a two-day international was held at the Hankuk university of foreign studies, Seoul, Korea. “The 2nd International Conference for the Promoting Korean Studies in Macedonia and Macedonian Experts in Korea” June 05-06, 2012  The Academy of Korean Studies, HUFS Session I  “Enhancement of Cultural and Academic Research on Korean and Macedonian”        Session II “Korean and Macedonian Language Learning” Scholars in the area of Korean studies from Macedonia, Bulgaria and Korea participated. They presented papers on the strategies for the establishing and development of Macedonian studies in Korea and for the development of Korean studies in Macedonia. They shared their opinions in discussions and proposed effective methods for that.
3	Preparing Specialists and Exchange	An exchange was conducted with the purpose of preparing a next generation of scholars and cultivating specialists in the area of Korean Studies; 1. A visit to Macedonia by a Korean expert, giving lectures and participating in academic events 2. Macedonian students, studying in Korea 3. Korean students, studying in Macedonia The exchange for the preparation of a next generation of scholars and the cultivation of specialists in the area of Korean Studies was organized in the following manner;  1. A visit to Macedonia by a Korean expert, giving lectures and participating in academic events: The co-participant in the currents research team Kim Won-hoi on April 5th 2011, gave lecture to the students from the Faculty of Humanities of the Macedonian university on “Korea, the Koreans and the Korean Language Education”.  2. Macedonian students studying in Korea: Starting with the first semester of 2011, every semester one student from the Korean language program at the Macedonian university was invited to Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. 3. Korean students studying in Macedonia: Starting in 2011, every year in July, two students from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies participated in the international Ohrid Summer Seminar in Macedonia.
4	Special Lectures	Date: 27 October, 2011 Lecturer: Prof. Kim Jae Uk (Director of the Centre for Korean Language and Culture at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) Place: Macedonian University, Faculty of Humanities Topic: “Korean Ceremonies and Customs” (관혼상제) Participants: Students from the Macedonian university and other guests from Skopje
5	Academic Paper Presentation In the World Humanities Forum	During the 1st World Humanities Forum, sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of the Republic of Korea and UNESCO, and organized by the Korea Research Foundation and the Korea UNESCO Commission, held on 24th November 2011, Prof. Kim Won-hoi who is member of the current research team presented a paper related to Macedonia, under the title “Conflicts of Human Civilization and a Healing Place for the Humanities: The Balkans, Macedonia, Skopje.”
6	Cultural Exchange	Around the time of the International Conference, events characteristic for what would be a Korea Culture Week, were organized.  There were various initiatives, such as lectures on Korean film festivals and Korean culture and history, as well as colourful experiences of Macedonian culture. The records of the events were edited and saved onto a DVD, which is submitted offline in the interim report.
7	Donation of Materials on Korean Studies	During the period of the International Conference, a ceremony of donating education materials in Korean studies to the    Macedonian university was held. Prof. Kim, Wonhoi and Kim Jae Uk, organizers of the event, donated books, movies on DVD, etc. Among the materials were a DVD for studying Korean language and culture and volumes I, II and III of a textbook, published by the Centre for Korean Language and Culture at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. The materials will be helpful to the students and the professors of Korean language for the more effective conducting of the classes.
8	Korea Culture Week and Seminar in Ohrid	Korean students studying in Macedonia: Starting in 2011, every year in July, two students from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies participated in the Ohrid Summer Seminar in Macedonia. They organized “Korean Culture Week” in the international summer seminar. They prepared specially program about Korean movies, foods and history. Also they released the papers on Korea to Macedonian and foreign participants to this seminar.
9	Cultural Field Research of Macedonian Experts  in Korea	Cultural field research of Macedonian experts in Korea was held during June 04. – 10. 2012. Macedonian experts first presented articles in the conference. After then, they went to many places in Korea as the cultural field research. By this field research, they got and acquainted with the Korean culture and began to understand the similarity and diversity between Macedonian and Korean culture. This will be useful, because they will teach Korean language and culture more realistic and practically. And they will try to establish the Korean language department as soon as possible.
10	Raising of the rating of Korean Studies and Korean Language	When the current research was initiated in December 2010, Korean studies (the lectures in Korean language) were rated third module(제3외국어) among the foreign languages. As the research was conducted, thanks to the activities and the support of the research team, Korean studies and Korean language’s rating was raised to second foreign module(제2외국어). Accordingly, in the new curriculum the number of classes was increased and in 2012 more students, in comparison with the previous year, studied Korean.