The current study is designed to investigate the use of deductive and inductive grammar teaching approaches in online instructional videos in a fully online asynchronous learning context across four different grammar lessons. More specifically, the study aimed to analyze two aspects about these two options for grammar instruction; their impacts on effectiveness in learning the grammar, and also the students’ perceptions of the two options in terms of interest, effectiveness, and difficulty. To address these research aims, this study employed a quasi-experimental approach where 82 participants were divided into two groups, and each group was taught via only deductive instruction or only inductive instruction. As for the results, regarding effectiveness, an ANCOVA test resulted in no differences when comparing across all four lessons combined. Furthermore, Mann-Whitney U tests indicated no difference in effectiveness for each individual grammar lesson. Regarding student perceptions, ANOVA tests indicated no difference in the students’ perceptions of interest, effectiveness, or difficulty.

이 연구는 한국어교육능력검정시험의 문법 영역 문항이 예비한국어 교 사가 갖추어야 할 문법 교육 역량을 평가하기에 타당한지를 비판적으로 고찰하고, 한국어교육능력검정시험 문법 영역 문항의 개선 방안을 구체 적으로 모색하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 연구 방법으로는 한국어교육능력 검정시험 제1회(2006년)-제18회(2023년)까지의 시험 문항에서 한국어 문 법 영역과 관련이 있는 한국어어휘・형태론, 한국어통사론, 한국어규범, 한국어문법교육론 과목 623개의 문항을 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 전체적 으로 이론적인 문법 지식을 묻는 문항으로 출제가 되는 경향이 많았다. 그렇지만 한국어 교사에게는 교실 현장에서 외국인 학생들에게 쉽고 재 미있게 가르칠 수 있는 ‘가르치기 위한 지식’이 중요하다. 그러므로 한국 어교육능력검정시험의 문법 영역에서도 예비한국어 교사들이 한국어 교 실 현장에서 실제적으로 접하게 될 교실 현장과 관련이 있는 문항으로 출제가 되어야 할 것이다. 이를 위해 본 연구가 예비한국어 교사의 한국 어 문법 교육 능력을 제대로 측정할 수 있는 한국어교육능력검정시험의 초석이 되기를 바란다.

This paper explores the standards for selecting language materials during the study of the diachronic grammar of Classical Chinese. The accuracy of language materials is crucial for ensuring the scientific validity of research conclusions. Due to previous limitations in research on the language materials of the Spring and Autumn period, such as posteriority and singularity, this paper argues that the increasing availability of excavated documents, especially ancient literary texts, provides a reliable research foundation for describing the grammar of Classical Chinese during this period. Therefore, this paper attempts to answer the following questions: 1) Which language materials should be used for the study of the grammar of Classical Chinese during the Spring and Autumn period? 2) Why should these language materials be selected? 3) What are the standards for selecting language materials during this period? The purpose of this study is to provide a reference for the diachronic study of Classical Chinese grammar.

This study aimed to investigate the effect of visual input enhancement (VIE) on the comprehension of reading texts and the learning of two grammatical forms: English relative clauses and articles. Individual learners’ working memory (WM) capacity was also tested to explore its impact on the effectiveness of VIE. A total of 48 Korean college learners of English were assigned into three groups: (a) relative group receiving VIE on relative clauses (b) article group receiving VIE on articles, and (c) a control group receiving no VIE. Results showed that VIE did not have any negative effect on the learners’ reading comprehension. Rather, it had positive effects on the learning of the two grammatical forms. According to the findings, VIE on relative clauses enhanced the learners’ receptive knowledge of the grammatical form, whereas VIE on articles enhanced the learners’ productive knowledge of the form. There was a potential link between the effectiveness of VIE and the learners’ working memory processing ability. Pedagogical implications are also discussed based on these findings.

This article examines the current views and pedagogical approaches of Korean school grammar from the perspectives of usage-based theory, and suggests future directions for Korean Grammar Pedagogy that reflect authentic usage of Korean and facilitate meaningful learning. To this end, the basic assumptions of the usage-based theory were reviewed and its applicability to Korean explored. As a result, it is shown that usage-based theory provides us with alternative explanations that overcome the limitations of traditional school grammar and enable meaningful inquiry activities. At the phonological level, while school grammar has ignored the various CVCC syllable configurations actually observed, from the point of view of usage-based theory, syllable-final consonant clusters such as [rp], [rt], and [rk] are appropriately described. At the morphological level, construction-based morphology sheds light on various schema and patterns of word formation that school grammars have overlooked. Finally, usage-based theory provides an alternative explanation of the complement category defined by school grammar.

This study explored the role of written languaging (WL) in response to automated written corrective feedback (AWCF) in L2 accuracy improvement in English classrooms at a university in China. A total of 254 freshmen enrolled in intermediate composition classes participated, and they wrote 4 essays and received AWCF. A half of them engaged in WL after receiving correction, while the other half did not. To measure whether WL could contribute to L2 accuracy improvement, error correction tests were conducted three times. AWCF targeted all types of errors, but the study focused on investigating six language features (nouns, conjunctions, subject-verb agreement, sentence constituents, articles, and prepositions) known as the most frequent errors intermediate students make. The results proved that WL had a positive effect on accuracy improvement overall. However, when individual language features were considered separately, the effects were not the same. The inherent complexity of the features along with L1 influence appeared to affect the effects of WL for accuracy improvement.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the grammar practice activities used in 14 recently published pre-intermediate and intermediate English language teaching textbooks. More specifically, this study analyzed the types of grammar practice activities that occurred, the order of such types, and the prevalence and composition of interrelated series of grammar practice activities. Results indicate that mechanical activities were less common than the other controlled alternative, meaningful activities, and also the least common type overall. Also, the results show that pre-communicative grammar practice activities were the most numerous grammar practice activities and comprised approximately 40% of all grammar practice activities. Additionally, it was found that grammar practice activities generally progressed from form-focused grammar practice activities to meaning-focused grammar practice activities. Last, it was found that multiple series of interrelated grammar practice activities were present with 54 distinct series appearing across the 42 lessons examined, and comprised almost half of all 246 grammar practice activities recorded as well.

본 연구는 『等级标准』의 중국어 교육문법 요목인 『等级标准(语法)』의 중국어 교육 문법 요목의 체계를 살펴보기 위해 『语法等级大纲(1996)』및 『国际大纲(语法)(2014)』을 HSK과의 연계성, 문법범주 및 문법항목, 등급체계 및 등급 배열을 기준으로 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과 첫째, HSK1.0단계는 중국어 요목 기준, 문법 요목과 연계된 평가요목은 별도로 제정되지 않았고, 등급도 일치하지 않는다. HSK2.0단계는 교육 문법 요목과 연계된 HSK요목은 별도로 제정되었고, 6등급으로 일치시켰다. HSK3.0단계의 『等级标准(语法)』에서는 교육 문법 요목과 HSK요목을 3등 9급 체계로 동일하게 일치시켰다. 『等级标准(语法)』의 등급체계 변화는 국내 중국어교육에도 영향이 있다. 특히 큰 HSK 급수 변화에 따른 학습자의 혼란이 야기되고, 중국어 교육과정, 강의, 시험 및 평가 등에도 변화에 따른 연구가 필요하다. 둘째, 『等级标准(语法)』의 교육문법 체계는 HSK1.0단계의 『语法等级大纲(1996)』과 거의 일치함으로 형태론 및 통사론 중심의 문법항목 중심으로 중국어의 특징이 충분히 반영되었다. 『等级标准(语法)』을 한국인 학습자를 중국어교육에 반영하기 위해서는 적절성, 효율성, 통용성에 대해 고려해 보아야 할 것이다. 셋째, 『语法等级大纲(1996)』, 『国际大纲(语法)(2014)』, 『等级标准(语法)』의 모두 전반적 상대적 등급 배열, 누적식 등급 배열은 전반적으로 이루어졌다. 하지만 『等级标准(语法)』을 한국인 학습자 중국어교육에 적용하기 위해서 3등 9급으로 변화된 체계에 적절한 문법항목의 선정, 난이도 고려, 등급 배열 등이 고려되어야 할 것이다. HSK도 3등 9급으로 시행되기 시작한 현시점에서 『等级标准(语法)』을 한국인 중국어교육에 적용하기 위해서는 수준별 문법항목 선정, 내용, 기술 방법 등에 관한 연구가 필요하다고 여겨진다.

The study investigates which grammar features need high priority of pedagogical intervention to develop implicit knowledge, unlike grammatical features in need of explanation of explicit rules. Two types of data were collected from 29 Korean college students: a sentence completion test in English and a meta-linguistic knowledge test (requiring students to both correct the underlined error and explain the grammatical rule) in Korean. Through statistical analyses, including a Wilcoxon signed rank test, this study finds significant differences in test achievements for tense, time prepositions (for and since), subjunctive moods, dative alternations, quantitative adjectives (many and much), gerunds, and third-person singular -s in the simple present tense. Based on results obtained, this study proposes which specific grammar features need intensive pedagogical intervention for production skills, including sentence writing and speaking. Several practical suggestions are provided for EFL instructors and researchers to make more effective use of speaking and writing activities as well as formative testing.

본고는 구문문법이론을 바탕으로, 한‧중 존재문의 특성에 대해 논의하였다. 중국어 존재문의 구문형식, 구문논항, 구문의미는 각각 ‘NL+VP+NP’, <장소 대상>, ‘어떤 장 소에 무엇이 존재함’이다. 그리고 한국어 존재문의 구문형식, 구문논항, 구문의미는 각각 ‘NL에 NP가 V어/아 있다’, <장소 대상>, ‘어떤 장소에 무엇이 존재함’이라고 할 수 있다. 중국어는 동태존재문을 존재문으로 인정한다. 반면 한국어에서는 동태존 재문이라는 것이 존재하지 않는다. 이러한 차이는 한‧중 존재문의 구성요소인 장소어, 술어, 존재대상에서의 차이로 이어진다. 구문들 간의 연결을 설명하는 원리 중 하나인 ‘다의성 연결’은, 중국어 정태존재문과 동태존재문이 동일한 구문이라는 것을 설득력 있게 보여준다. 더불어 전통적으로 논쟁이 되어 온 “台上唱着大戏”와 같은 문장도 동일하게 존재구문의 범주로 편입할 수 있게 해준다. 반면 한국어 존재문은 중국어처럼 다양한 방향으로 확장되지 못했다. 이러한 사실을 고려할 때, 중국어 존재문과 한국어 존재문은 확장성의 크기가 다르다고 볼 수 있다. 중국어 존재문은 확장성이 크고, 한국어 존재문은 상대적으로 작다. 이것은 구문의 실현양상이 개별 언어의 특성에 따라 달라질 수 있음을 보여준다.

한국어교육 현장에서 한국어교재에 제시되어 있는 여러 문법 항목들을 학습하다 보면 하나의 의미에 여러 문법 항목들이 있어서 학습에 어려움을 겪는 경우가 있다. 특히 한국어 문법에서 문법 단위는 다르지만 문법 의미가 유사한 표현들이 많아서 한국어 문법 학습에 더욱 어려움을 겪는다. 더구나 한국어교재나 한국어문법서에 잘 다루어지지 않는 복합 문법 표현의 경우 교육 현장에서도 교수-학습에 어려움을 겪지 만 교육 현장 밖에서도 학습자들이 접하는 경우가 있기 때문에 이런 복합 표현들에 대한 연구가 필요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 양보 의미가 있는 복합 표현 ‘-다손 치더라도’, ‘-(ㄴ)다고 해도’, ‘-만 해도’, ‘-아/어 봤자’ 등을 대상으로 주어 일치 제약, 선행 용언 제약, 문장 종결 제약, 부정문 제약, 시제 제약 등의 특성을 살펴보고, 이 특성을 기반으로 양보 의미 복합 표현 문법 교육의 효율적 방안에 대해 논의하였다.

In an effort to find a way to optimize the learning condition, this study examined the effects of two types of input frequency distribution, skewed-first distribution (SFD) versus balanced distribution (BD), and two types of focus-on-form techniques, input processing (IP) versus input enhancement (IE), on the learning of English participles by Korean middle school students. A total of 91 students participated in this study, divided into five subgroups: SFD + IP, SFD + IE, BD + IP, BD + IE, and Control. The learning outcomes and the generalizability of the learned knowledge were measured through scaled judgment tasks and picture description tasks, immediately after treatment as well as one week later. The results showed that the input frequency distribution factor did not have statistically significant effects on learning and generalizability, while the degrees of explicitness of focus-on-form techniques had statistically significant effects on both. The interaction effects of the two main factors were not statistically significant. More detailed findings are presented with some pedagogical implications for Korean EFL classrooms.

홍콩의 비중국어권 학습자의 실용문 학습과 상황에 맞는 정확한 표현 능력의 제고를 위해 홍콩대학 Dr. Mark Shum Shiu Kee (岑紹基) 연구팀은 교육국의 연구비 지원을 받아 2016~ 2017년 비중국어권 학습자용 실용문 교재를 개발하였다. 본 논문은 기능 어법 이론을 바탕으로 비중국어권 학습자용 실용문 교재를 어떻게 설계했는지를 밝히고, 본 교재가 비중국어권 학습자의 기능어 운용 능력 향상에 끼친 영향에 대해 고찰하였다. 또한 연구팀이 개발한 실용문 교재가 비중국어권 학습자의 기능어 운용 능력 향상에 어떠한 성과를 가져왔는지를 밝히는 것을 본 논문의 주목적으로 삼았다. 연구팀은 체계 기능 언어학 이론을 바탕으로 비중국어권 학습자용 실용문 교재를 개발하였으며, 실용문의 종류에 따라 달라지는 의사전달 기능, 도식 구조, 어법 특징을 고려하여 읽기 예문의 주제를 선정하였다. 또한, 비중국어권 학습자가 기능어와 구문 활용에서 갖는 어려움을 실용문 종류에 따라 나누어 분석하였다. 아울러, ｢文類功能(문체기능)｣ 이론 및 ｢閱讀促進學習(읽기촉진학습)｣ 교수법을 참고로 읽기 쓰기 통합형 쌍방향 연습법을 개발하여 학습자가 모범 예문을 분석, 해체 및 재구조화를 할 수 있게 하고, 더 나아가 학습자가 스스로 실용문 쓰기를 할 수 있도록 도왔다. 이외에도, 교육 일선에서 지도하고 있는 중국어 교사들을 초청하여 시범적으로 교수법을 시행하고 이를 통해 본 교재의 실제 효과를 검증해 보았다. 학습자가 작성한 실용문을 교수법 시행 전후로 비교 분석하고 교사와 학습자 인터뷰도 함께 진행하여, 본 실용문 교재가 비중국어권 학습자의 기능어 운용과 실용문 쓰기에 끼친 효과를 평가하였다. 아울러, 본 연구 결과를 바탕으로 비중국어권 학습자 실용문 교육을 위한 실행 가능한 몇 가지 방안을 제시하였다.

The Cognition Hypothesis postulates that more cognitively complex tasks can trigger more accurate and complex language production, thereby advancing second language (L2) development. However, few studies have directly examined the relationship between task manipulations and L2 development. To address this gap, this article reviews, via an analytic approach, nine empirical studies that investigated the impact of task complexity on L2 development in the domain of morphosyntax. The studies are categorized into two groups based on if they include learner-learner interaction or a focus on form (FonF) treatment provided by an expert interlocutor. The results indicate that the findings of the studies, albeit partially mixed, tend to support the predictions of the Cognition Hypothesis. More importantly, a further analysis reveals seven key methodological issues that need to be considered in future research: target linguistic domains, different types of FonF, the complexity of the target structure, task types, outcome measures, the use of introspective methods, and the need of more empirical studies and replicable study designs.

This study examined the language choice for modality patterns to express the degree of probability specifically in email texts based on Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) analytical framework. Participants were students enrolled in an English writing composition course at an online-based Korean university. They were required to write an email thanking their professor, in which they stated their future plans (definite or indefinite) with a degree of probability. The text analysis was compared with two groups of students' scores (high-scoring group n=40 and low-scoring group n=29), based on an assessment of the course assignment. After building up two learner corpora, UAM Corpus Tool version 3.0 was used to analyze the language choice closely using a modality system of the SFG framework. The high-scoring group showed more range and frequency in the use of modal verbs combined with a modal Adjunct or another modal expression. Explicit teaching on the importance of expressing the appropriate degree of probability using a range of modality devices, rather than relying heavily on the primary modality (choice of modal verbs) is highlighted as a pedagogical implication.

The purpose of this study is to reconstruct the “aspect of vocabulary”, which is used in current grammar education, considering the overlaps between vocabulary categories. For this purpose, the existing discussion on the aspect of vocabulary and the way of implementing the curriculum and the textbooks were examined. As a result, it is confirmed that the vocabulary aspect education has not fully taken into consideration of “overlapping among the vocabulary categories”. In this study, we set up a category of vocabulary with multiple features and categorized these features using “+” and “-” depending on the case. In this way, aspect of vocabulary is restructured more coherently. More discussion on the future studies and education should be continued.

The Kazak honorific system has been described to consist of a number of second person forms and terms of address. In addition to these core honorific expressions, however, my recent study of spoken Kazak in the Chinese Altai reveals that there are many other politeness features — both linguistic and non-linguistic — that constitute a loosely integrated honorific register system. They include grammatical distinctions (e.g., singular/plural, past/perfect, confirmative/non-confirmative), lexical distinctions (e.g., Chinese titles/Kazak kin terms), prosody (e.g., loud/quiet, fast/slow), as well as non-linguistic features (e.g., smoking/ non-smoking, male facial hair grown/removed, serving of black tea/milk tea). This paper describes these “non-core” expressions and the semiotic processes in which they, together with the core expressions, form a dichotomous system of contrast between plain and honorific registers.

본 연구는 한국인 학습자에게 적절한 중국어교육문법체계를 설계하기 위한 중간 단계로 중국에서 외국인 학습자를 위해 제정한 『国际大纲(语法:2014)』과 『新HSK大纲(语法:2015)』을 비교분석하여 나타나는 문제점을 찾고, 활용 방안을 모색하여 한국인 학습자를 위한 중국어교육문법체계 설계의 토대 마련에 목적이 있다. 두 요목의 비교분석을 통해서 유사한 문법체계로 상호연계성을 가지고 일부 문법항목의 등급배열, 문법항목의 용어와 기술에서 몇 가지 문제점이 있음을 알 수 있었다. 첫째, 『国际大纲(语法:2014)』과 『新HSK大纲(语法:2015)』의 원칙과 구성 체계는 모두 6등급으로 동일한 문법체계로 연계성을 지녔지만 『新HSK大纲(语法:2015)』이 『国际大纲(语法:2014)』보다 난이도가 높다. 둘째, 한국인 학습자의 특징을 반영하고 등급을 고려하여 비교문, 겸어문, 把자문, 被자문등 누적식순서배열로 배열해야 할 것이다. 셋째, 문법항목의 용어와 기술에서 조동사-능원동사, 존재문-존현문, 被자문-피동문 등 혼용되고, 사용예문도 명확하지 않았다. 이런 문법항목들은 통용성을 지닌 문법항목 용어와 개념이 정확하게 기술할 수 있도록 연구되어야 할 것이다. 이상 『国际大纲(语法:2014)』과 『新HSK大纲(语法:2015)』의 비교분석을 통해 살펴본 문제점과 활용방안을 토대로 한국인 학습자의 중국어교육과 평가가 유기적인 관계를 지닌 교육문법체계가 설계되고 나아가 한국인 학습자를 위한 통용성을 지닌 교육문법요목이 마련되길 기대해 본다.

While many scholars paid attention to L2 learner beliefs about grammar learning and error correction, there has been little research on both teacher and learner beliefs about types of grammar instructions in Korean EFL contexts. This study aimed to investigate the beliefs about types of instructions as well as grammar learning and error correction using a questionnaire adapted from Jean and Simard (2011). A total of four hundred and eighty-seven participants in Korea participated in the study and were divided into five groups: three teacher subgroups (non-native Korean high school, non-native Korean college, and native college) and two student subgroups (high school and college). The participants in general highly valued accuracy in L2 learning, but they disliked grammar learning or teaching. While both students and teachers believed that grammar instructions such as discovery learning, and mechanical practice could be useful in grammar learning, Korean teachers reported more positive views on grammar instructions than Korean students. The majority of the participants reported that they had a tendency to prefer error correction in the written production rather than in the spoken one. The results also revealed opinion gaps among the subgroups. The pedagogical and theoretical implications will be discussed.