한국어 어휘교육 실험연구에 대한 연구방법론적 고찰

A critical review of researching methods of experimental studies in Korean vocabulary education

This paper attempts to review current vocabulary research in Korean as a second language. A total of 20 theses or artivles, selected from the RISS, were identified and analyzed. It first provides a comprehensive overview of main issues of vocabulary research methodology of second language acquisition and then critically reviews the relevant research Korean studies in terms of the following issues: (1) triangulation in research (2) participants (3) target lexical items and (4) measurement methods. In doing so, this review also provides an interpretation of the research findings and concludes with suggestions for future research.