학습자 모국어를 활용한 한국어 교수-학습 방법의 모색

A Research on Methods of Teaching and Learning Korean Language by Using the Learner’s Mother Tongue

The purpose of this papers is to set up effective methods of teaching Korean as a foreign/second language by using the learner’s mother tongue (L1). In order to reach the purpose, the paper sets as a premise that the learner’s mother tongue is a positive element in teaching and learning a foreign language. This paper starts with a brief review on how foreign/second language theories deal with the learners’ L1. It then presents some concrete methods of using the learner’s mother tongue, while maintaining that the learner’s L1 should be used to increase the communicative competence of the learners and that it also should be used in a creative way to produce a genuine bilingual who can command his/her mother tongue and the target language, i.e. the Korean language. The research discusses some advantages which are gained by using the learners’s L1; incorporating the learner’s cognitive competence in language learning, strengthening the learner’s motivation and cooperative learning among the learners, and securing possibilities to use languages in the real life.