민간신앙을 활용한 한국어와 문화 교육

Teaching Korean Language and Korean Culture through Folk-beliefs(Focusing on Korean Literatures)

This study was begun in order to make foreign learners acquainted with folk-beliefs of fortune telling and folk cultures that are part of the traditional as well as modern cultures. Culture has come along with religion side by side and the decisive cultural behavior of people has been influenced by religion. For this reason, if one understands the folk-beliefs that have been believed for a long time, it will be easy to comprehend the cultural pattern of Korean people behavior. At a time when the number of foreigners wishing to learn Korean is greatly increasing, it is common to observe learners seeking Korean language and culture education that is systematized and of high standard. To stick to with this reality, it is important to actively inform foreign learners of Korean language about the sincere Korean traditional culture as a “folk-belief” rather than a “superstition”. In order to present broadly the traditional culture that helps to understand the Korean philosophy and fundamental lifestyle, establishing the research for the various spheres of folk-beliefs, by utilizing literal works, will have a great educational effect. This is because the folk-belief that appears in literary works is not of one type but diverse in nature.