외국인 학습자를 위한 조건 연결 어미에 대한 교육 방안 - ‘-으면, -거든, -어야, -어야지, -는다면’을 중심으로

A Study on Teaching Conditional Connective Endings to Foreign Learners: Focusing on ‘-eumyeon, -geodeun, -eoya, -eoyaji, -neundamyeon’

The purpose of this study is to propose instructional methods that enable foreign learners of Korean to understand the usage patterns and distinctions among the conditional connective endings ‘-eumyeon, -geodeun, -eoya, -eoyaji and -neundamyeon’ and to use them appropriately. To this end, spoken and written corpora as well as four Korean language textbooks were analyzed, and the findings were systematically organized. The results of the Korean language textbook analysis are as follows. First, the parts of speech that can combine with each grammatical item should be explicitly presented to support learners’ Korean language development. Second, instruction should address not only the usage contexts and meanings of ‘-eumyeon, -geodeun, -eoya, -eoyaji and -neundamyeon’ but also key considerations related to politeness in their use. Third, to reduce learners’ errors, repeated practice through exercises or activities should be provided, and idiomatic expressions commonly associated with these conditional connective endings should be explicitly explained. By incorporating these instructional considerations, this study suggests that foreign learners will be better able to select and use appropriate conditional connective endings across different communicative contexts.