외국인 대학생들의 한국어 유의어에 대한 인식 조사

A Study on the Recognition of Korean Synonyms among Foreign University Students; emphasizing on the relations between Synonyms and the Academic Vocabulary

This study is aimed to seek Korean vocabulary teaching methods with the object of learning purpose by considering the foreign university students’ aspects of awareness about basal academic vocabulary among synonyms in elementary Korean vocabulary, and the gap between the understanding degree of the basal academic vocabulary and the elementary vocabulary. To achieve such a purpose, the basal academic vocabulary from the list of synonyms among basic Korean vocabulary was sorted out, and the meaning of each word and its orientation of combination relation were examined. The basal academic vocabulary is rather unfamiliar to the students than the basic Korean words, and the combining vocabulary or the formations were not frequently exposed to the foreign students. Thus, the foreign university students were not able to associate the synonymous relations of the basal academic vocabulary, and they were also not able to recognize the basal academic vocabulary accurately. Furthermore, the students did not know the combination formula featuring the basal academic vocabulary frequently. Based on such consequences, one can anticipate that the basal academic vocabulary would be come into play, hindering the students’ comprehension on the academic texts they encounter in class. Therefore, in case of studying Korean vocabulary for the academic purpose prior to the college admission, a list of vocabulary must be provided to the students as well as the instruction regarding the semantic differentials, emphasizing the elementary Korean vocabulary.