청취와 음성 산출 실험을 통한 몽골인 학습자의 한국어 단모음 오류 연구

A Study of Korean Monophthong Errors by Mongolian Learners through Listening and Pronunciation Assessments

This study aims to determine which monophthongs among the seven basic monophthongs of the Korean language could be the most easily proved as errors by Mongolian learners of Korean as a second language. As previously explored by Yijoongjin (2010), in comparison with other vowels it is assumed that the vowels /ɨ/, /o/, /u/ frequently offer the most difficulty. In order to determine and examine the difficulties encountered with these vowels, this study makes use of both listening and pronunciation assessments. The test subjects for this investigation totaled consisted of fifteen Korean language learners drawn from the beginning, intermediate and advanced levels and, concerning, the listening test, it was conducted with combinations of words which possessed no meaning. This work not only illuminates errors but reveals the error frequency of learners at various levels and the correlation between learners’ listening abilities and their competency in pronunciation. At present it would be difficult to find a sample that would exemplify the same relationship between the listening and pronunciation proficiency as this subjects included in this work and, as such, however little, it is believed that this assessment will contribute to instruction of Korean as a foreign language.