한국어 학습자를 위한명사절과 종속절 형성의 ‘-는지’ 교육 연구

A Study on Teaching ‘-Neunji’ Forming Noun Clauses or Subordinate Clauses in Korean Language Education

The purpose of this study is to make clear two kinds of functions of ‘-neunji’, such as forming noun clauses or subordinate clauses while making complex sentences, and then to suggest the teaching methods of ‘-neunji’ for international students. Through an analysis of essays written by 117 Korean undergraduate students and 117 Chinese undergraduate students, this study reveals that Chinese students do not correctly understand the functions of ‘-neunji’ when making complex sentences, and mostly use ‘-neunji’ in a fixed form. Based on the methods of presenting ‘-neunji’ in four kinds of Korean textbooks as well as the differences in using ‘-neunji’ between Korean students and Chinese students, a number of teaching methods are suggested for teaching ‘-neunji’ as follows: presenting predicates of the main clause, elaborating features of constructing ‘-neunji’ for expressing assumption or possibility, allowing students to understand the absolute tense and the relative tense in complex sentences, and initially teaching ‘-neunji’ forming noun clauses, and ‘-neunji’ forming subordinate clauses later on. (Yeungnam University)