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Egyptian learners' learnability of Korean phonemes

이집트 한국어 학습자들의 한국어 음소 학습용이성

  • Received : 2019.10.07
  • Accepted : 2019.12.11
  • Published : 2019.12.31
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Abstract

This paper examines the perception of Korean phonemes by Egyptian learners of Korean and presents the learnability gradient of Korean consonants and vowels through High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT). 50 Egyptian learners of Korean (27 low proficiency learners and 23 high proficiency learners) participated in 10 sessions of HVPT for Korean vowels, word initial and final consonants. Participants were tested on their identification ability of Korean vowels, word initial consonants, and syllable codas before and after the training. The results showed that both low and high proficiency groups did benefit from the training. Low proficiency learners showed a higher improvement rate than high proficiency learners. Based on the HVPT results, a learnability gradient was established to give insights into priorities in teaching Korean sounds to Egyptian learners.

이 연구는 한국어 자음과 모음 대해 단기간의 지각 훈련을 받은 이집트인 학습자들이 학습 수준별로 어떠한 지각 개선 양상을 보이는지 조사하고, 각 음소 쌍의 학습용이성 정도를 파악해 이집트인 학습자들을 대상으로 하는 한국어 발음교육에 실질적인 기여를 하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위해 50명의 한국어 학습자를 대상으로 이집트 현지에서 고변이 음성 훈련을 실시하였다. 한국어 수준에 따라 학습자를 초급 집단과 중고급 집단으로 나누었고, 2주간에 걸쳐 각 집단에 대해 30~40분의 지각 훈련을 10회 진행하였다. 고변이 음성 훈련용 자료는 다수의 한국어 원어민 화자가 발화한 자연음이었으며, 최소대립 쌍을 이루는 단어와 문장으로 최대한 다양하게 구성하였다. 사전과 사후 테스트 비교 결과, 이집트인 초급과 중고급 집단의 한국어 모음과 초성에 대한 지각 능력이 뚜렷하게 향상된 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 종성에 대한 지각 능력 역시 향상되었지만 훈련 전부터 정확도가 높아 향상폭은 다소 낮게 나타났다. 각 음소에 대한 지각 정확도와 향상도를 바탕으로 음소 쌍별 학습용이성을 측정하고, 이집트인 학습자를 위한 학습용이성 위계를 학습 단계별로 설정하였다.

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