한국어 교사들의 발음교육에 대한 인식 연구

Study on the Korean Language Teachers’ Realization in Pronunciation Education

The Purpose of this study is to find teaching pronunciation method and contents that helps in learners communication for Korean language teacher by researching the present condition of pronunciation education in Korean today. The accurate pronunciation is important to communicate naturally with native Korean speaker, and verbal communication have effect on writing as well. That is why the pronunciation education is not only for acquiring one skill. To find out the present condition of pronunciation education, the survey was done to Korean language teachers about how they teach pronunciation in the class. Most of teachers answered that they don’t make extra time for teaching pronunciation separately, they teach it when pronunciation hinder in communication while practice other skills, or it is done by repeating pronunciation after teacher when pronunciation part is given in the text book. The reasons why pronunciation education is not carried out properly in Korean education are as follows. Firstly, lack of technical knowledge of teachers in phonology. Secondly, there is no extra time for teaching pronunciation because pronunciation class is not allocated in curriculum. Thirdly, Korean language teachers don t know how to deliver their knowledge with bringing learners interest. Therefore, this article argues that regular refresh training is needed to Korean language teachers, To do that, it offers necessary education contents.