2020, Vol., No.63

The Japanese Language Association of Korea 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.0

pISSN : 1229-7275
https://journal.kci.go.kr/jlak

Some commonly used Japanese expressions exhibit what the author calls ‘commercial functions’, in other words, advertisement-like nuances. These expressions often leave an impression of exaggeration because they are used in such a way that they are expected to convey something more than their lexical meanings. In this paper, the author attempts to describe the characteristics of these advertisement-like expressions through analysis of the expression Gozonji, or 'You know', as they appear in the titles of magazine articles. For this purpose, the magazine article database Web-OYA and the analysis tool KH Corder were used. Further, for qualitative investigation, the author analyzed individual examples by a method of critical discourse analysis. As a result of quantitative research, it became clear that Gozonji in the title of magazine articles can be divided into 'question type' and 'obviousness type'. In addition, it became clear that what is known as Gozonji has diversity. As a result of the qualitative survey, it became clear that both 'question-type' and 'obviousness type' tend to place the expression Gozonji at the beginning of the sentences, because it is easy for the viewer to see. The word Gozonji forces the viewer to determine the target as 'unknown / known' and in this regard, it can be said that a strong strategy is adopted for the use of the word, which differs from expressions in previous advertisements.

In this study, Sino-Vietnamese of the late post-Tang dynasty data is employed for the study of Middle Chinese, Sino-Korean and Sino-Japanese consonants. Sounds of Sino-Vietnamese, like those of Sino-Korean, have a multi-layered structure that has been established over many periods, and many variational forms of consonants existed before the Tang Dynasty. An important basis for reconstructing the shape of the consonant type is the process of phonological changes of the Middle Chinese. Initial consonants and final consonants changed along with the change of the late Southern and Northern Dynastiy sounds to Qieyun sounds and further to Qin sounds of the Middle Chinese. By exploring these phonological changes in terms of the inductive method, the consonant type can be reconstructed. The current study creates tables that compare rhymes of Sino-Korean, Sino-Japanese (Go’on and Kan’on) and Middle Chinese. Further, based on the tables, the study first draws the original forms of Kanji sounds in each language and then compares them with sounds of Sino-Vietnamese, thereby ultimately clarifying problems in reconstructed sounds of Sino-Korean/Japanese.

The goal of this study is to examine the possibilities of ICT-enhanced Japanese language education in Korea, on the analyses of Korean learners and teachers of Japanese who participated in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), ‘Japanese Pronunciation for Communication (JPC)’. Firstly, we reviewed the current situations of MOOCs in Korea. Then we conducted a longitudinal study of 10 Korean learners (5 beginners, 5 advanced) and 3 Korean teachers with teaching backgrounds. Participants submitted a report every week over five weeks after using JPC (5 Sections). The data of Korean Learners were analyzed from the viewpoint of 1) content understanding, 2) practice methods, 3) teaching effectiveness. The research findings show the following: 1) Approximately 70% of the learners evaluated their content understanding ‘well understood’, their levels of Japanese. One of the reasons for this result was that they utilized subtitles and translation files. 2) Beginners and advanced learners used different shadowing practice methods. 30% of the beginners used text whereas few advanced learners used text while shadowing. 3) Teaching effectiveness demonstrated noticeable changes in learning attitude and ideas the participants. The data of Korean teachers were analyzed from the viewpoint of 1) phonological knowledge and teaching experience, and 2) ways to utilize the resources. Suggestions were made to utilize JPC as a supplementary material for the pronunciation class (Teacher A), for different classes depending on levels (Teacher B), and for the purpose of introducing cultural aspects (Teacher C). Based on the results obtained from this study, we suggest possibilities of making contributions to Japanese language education in Korea in the context of autonomous learning, blended learning, and teacher education.