The purpose of this study is to help loanword learning of Korean language learners by building basic data for selecting 'a standardized loanword list' for Korean language learning in domestic and overseas Korean language teaching materials.
For thi ...
The purpose of this study is to help loanword learning of Korean language learners by building basic data for selecting 'a standardized loanword list' for Korean language learning in domestic and overseas Korean language teaching materials.
For this study, (domestic and overseas) Korean language teaching materials and listed vocabulary materials were analyzed and statically processed to provide a standardized loanword list, which fits each stage and level of learners.
Though curriculums for various learners like 'learners for academic purposes', 'married immigrant women' and 'immigrant workers' have been designed and related teaching materials developed, there has been no precise research on the criteria to select loanwords in teaching materials, yet. To design a curriculum of loanwords for Korean language learners and develop teaching materials, research on selection of 'a standardized loanwords list' must be conducted.
In order to approach this research purpose effectively, key research contents were classified as follows.
First, basic data analysis is required for drawing up a standardized vocabulary list. This study is targeted at domestic and overseas teaching materials published at certain times, Analyzing and organizing loanwords in teaching materials helps in building basic data to draw up a list.
Especially, this study is focused on Chinese and Japanese teaching materials that occupy a considerable proportion of overseas teaching materials in order to lay the foundation for drawing up a standardized loanword list, which is not restricted to the country.
Second, once a basic study including a research paper and a report is finished, a DB for a standardized loanword list is constructed, based on the data analyzed. Aspects of loanwords in teaching materials can be analyzed, based on some criteria by examining the frequency of loanwords in each teaching material and using the DB constructed.
Third, loanwords in a standardized loanword list are verified. This is to draw up a list necessary in daily life by examining how much the loanwords in teaching materials are used in Korean society, actually.
For establishing the research purpose and contents, a discussion was carried out using the following methods.
The first stage is data gathering. This is to gather domestic and overseas(Chinese and Japanese) Korean language teaching materials, which have been published since 2000, focusing on those that were listed in the preliminary study and to classify them by level and purpose.
So far, listing and collecting domestic teaching materials has been partially completed and a collected list of Chinese and Japanese teaching materials is being drawn up. Especially in the first stage, 'a study on the needs of learners' is conducted together, as stated in the research method. The results of the preliminary study are revised or supplemented, prior to the main survey.
The second stage is to analyze loanwords in domestic and overseas Korean language teaching materials that were collected in the first stage, by time, country and level. First, domestic Korean language teaching materials are organized by level and overseas(Chinese and Japanese) Korean language teaching materials are analyzed in order. The kinds of loanwords, meanings, orthographies and pronunciations in each teaching material are analyzed and organized in order and they are compared by level and country.
The third stage is to construct a DB, based on the data of domestic and overseas Korean language teaching materials, which were analyzed and organized by time, country and level. As shown in the example above, a standard for drawing up a list is established and data are structured, based on the DB of the analysis results.
The last stage is to draft a standardized loanword list for Korean language learning in consideration of frequency, difficulty and range of use. This list is based on the DB, which includes all of domestic Korean language teaching materials, overseas Korean teaching materials and previous research results and the results of 'the study on the needs of learners' conducted in the first stage are reflected in the list too.