한국어 입문 단계 교육 자모 제시 방법 연구

A Study on how to Present Hangeul Consonants and Vowels in the Introductory Stage of Korean Language Education: Focusing on the Morphological Characteristics of Hangeul

The purpose of this study is to present an effective Hangeul teaching method at the introductory stage of Korean language education. To this end, this study attempted to propose an educational plan to expand the number of Hangeul letters from 17(8 vowels and 9 consonants) to 40 characters by adding or combining strokes on basic characters which were selected by the researcher. To increase the readability of educational materials in the teaching and learning process, each step was presented in a table so that learners could logically understand the concept of expanding letters. The educational effect was statistically verified by conducting the ‘Hangeul summer course’ for four weeks for two different classes composed of Italian students. As a result, it was confirmed that the method presented in this study could improve the understanding of Hangeul by early Korean learners, and it was particularly effective in the ‘reading’ part. However, the fact that the experiment was held online due to the COVID-19 situation and the subject with prior Hangeul learning experience was mixed in the randomly recruited sample group remains a limitation of this study.