모국어 및 한국어에 대한 인식도와 한국어능력과의 관계 분석

Choi, Jin-Sook. 2018. “A Study on the Relationship between the Perception of Mother Tongue & Korean and Korean Proficiency”. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 26(4), 211~233. This study aims at investigating 1)the perception of international students mother tongue and Korean language, 2)whether their perception differs with the degree of Korean proficiency, and 3)whether the degree of exposure to Korean can affect Korean proficiency. Eighty nine international students participated in a questionnaire survey. The overall results on the survey showed that the international students perception of their mother tongue was strong in general. However, interesting findings were that the participants level of Korean proficiency was closely related to the perception of mother tongue: the participants who had a low level of Korean proficiency showed a comparatively strong perception of mother tongue. Furthermore, the perception of Korean language was weaker compared to that of their mother tongue. However, the exposure to Korean(e.g. the frequency of using Korean) playing a role in improving Korean proficiency was observed. Therefore, this study suggests that acquiring Korean can be related to the perception of mother tongue and that the international students should raise the frequency of contact with Koreans for their Korean proficiency.