• 한국어교육
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.225-254
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to contrast the patterns of realization and understanding of refusal speech acts between Korean and Thai learners. This study intends to answer the following questions: (1) Do Koreans and Thai learners perform refusal speech acts differently? (2) Do Koreans and Thai learners understand refusal speech acts differently? A DCT and a follow-up interview were conducted to collect data of two groups of 30 native Korean speakers and 30 native Thai speakers. For research question 1, we analyzed the refusal strategy and provided reasons given by Koreans and Thai learners depending on the context. For research question 2, we ran a chi-squared test on the elements of the follow-up interviews, such as the weight of burden of refusing, and whether the participant would actually refuse or not. The differences between the refusal strategies of the two groups could be categorized by the preceding inducing speech act. In refusing a request, the difference was prominent in the apologizing strategy, whereas in refusing a suggestion, the difference was mainly in the direct refusal strategy. When refusing an invitation, the most evident difference was the number of refusal strategies employed. When providing an explanation of refusal to people with high social status, Koreans gave more specific reasons for refusals, whereas Thai learners tended to use more vague reasons. Moreover, when refusing an invitation, Koreans primarily mentioned the relationship, and Thai learners showed the spirit of Greng Jai. When asked the weight of burden of refusing, Koreans felt pressured to refuse a request from people with high social status, and a suggestion or invitation from people with high level of intimacy while Thai learners found it highly difficult to make a refusal in all cases. In answering whether they would actually refuse or not, Koreans tried not to make a refusal to people with high level of intimacy, and such a trend was not evident among the Thai. This study can help us better understand the learner's pragmatic failure, and serve as a basis in establishing a curriculum for teaching speech acts.

• 한국어교육
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.83-113
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• 2014

This study aims to examine the change of strategy use by analyzing the refusal sequence of beginner Japanese Korean learners by time difference of 10 weeks. The results of the study are as follows; First, in the solidarity system of politeness(power-, distance-), learners showed similar ability as native Koreans after 10 weeks. Second, in the deference system(power-, distance+), there was a difference according to the situational burden when using strategies. In the invitational setting, the learners sought justification for their refusal or tried to negotiate by explaining in detail as time passed. However, in the request setting, they showed no will to compromise by refusing directly and leading the listener to give up. Third, similar difference was found in the use of strategies depending on the situational burden in the hierarchical system(power+, distance+). While learners could present their justification for refusal by showing their interest in the invitation as time passed in the invitation setting, they expressed straight refusal and were not willing to negotiate in the request setting.

• 한국어교육
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.255-292
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• 2018

Most grading scales of Korean language proficiency tests are based on existing grading scales that are not empirically verified. The purpose of this study is to develop an empirically verified scale descriptor. The 'Performance data-driven approach' that is suggested by Fulcher (1987) was used to develop the detailed description of characteristics for each level of performance. This study is focused on the functional phase of speech samples analysis (coding data) to create explanatory categories of discourse skills into which individual observations of speech phenomena can be scored. The speech samples that were collected through this study demonstrated stages of speech that can be a foundation of a grading scale. The data used in the study was collected from 23 native speakers of Korean. Speech samples were recorded from simulated speaking tests using the 'REFUSAL' task, and transcribed for analysis. The transcript was analyzed using discourse analysis. The result showed that the 'REFUSAL' task needs to go through four functional phases in actual communication. Furthermore, this study found specific and detailed explanatory categories of discourse competence based on the actual native speaker's speech data. Such findings are expected to contribute to the development of more valid and reliable speaking assessment.

• 정보관리학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.65-86
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• 2021

외국어 교육 분야에서 학습자는 교육의 한 축을 이루는 중요한 부분이지만 한국어교육의 경우 교육 내용, 교수 방법, 교재 등에 비해 학습자 연구는 미진한 면이 있었다. 이에 학습자 연구, 그중에서도 학습전략 연구가 어떻게 이루어져 왔는지를 분석하고 더 나은 교육을 위해 연구가 필요한 부분을 도출해 보는 것은 의미가 있다. 본 연구에서는 한국어교육 분야에서 학습전략 연구의 현황을 분석하기 위해 학술지와 학위논문의 제목에 대해 동시출현단어 분석을 진행하였다. 연구 결과, 한국어 학습자의 학습전략 관련 가장 많은 연구가 이루어진 분야는 '읽기'이고, 대상은 '중국인 유학생'과 '결혼이민자'였다. 또한, 연구 주제에 대한 서브그룹 분석 결과를 보면 주요 서브그룹이 네 개가 나타나는데 '학문 목적 읽기' 관련 그룹, '요청, 거절, 대화 등 화행' 관련 그룹, '쓰기' 관련 그룹, '어휘, 듣기' 관련 그룹이다. 이를 통해 한국어 학습자의 학습전략과 관련해 연구자들의 주요 관심 분야가 '읽기, 화행' 등임을 알 수 있으며, 연구 대상과 연구 분야가 부분적으로 편중되어 있는 상황이므로 다양한 분야와 대상으로 연구를 확대할 필요가 있음을 알 수 있다.