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Task of the Research on the Acquisition of Japanese Language Pronunciation by Korean Learners:To develop a syllabus and curriculum on pronunciation education in Korea

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2015, (45), pp.3-18
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2015.45.3
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature

Kwangjoon Min 1

1건국대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study is a comprehensive analysis of problems with pronunciation in Japanese language observedin conversational speech by Korean learners.Based on the result, it also investigatesrealisation of pronunciation education of Japanese language in Korea. The results can be summarized as follows. Firstly, it was revealed that most of Korean learners’ pronunciation problems in Japanese language are caused by general linguistic transition, commonly observed in learners from various language backgrounds. Secondly, to investigate the correlation between Japanese language proficiency and pronunciation proficiency of Korean learners, pronunciation error frequency for all learners and pronunciation error frequency per person were analyzed on the basis of OPI(Oral Proficiency Interview) levels with 12 types of pronunciation items. As a result, it was revealed that there was no consistent correlation between OPI levels and pronunciation proficiency. In fact, there was a case when OPI levels and pronunciation proficiency were reversed depending onthe pronunciation item. Thirdly, as a result of reviewing pronunciation difficulty of Japanese language, it was revealed that special morae had difficulty in ‘insertion and deletion of long vowels’, ‘insertion of geminate consonants’, and segments had difficultyin “Palatalization of non-palatalized consonants’, ‘Devocalization of initial voiced stops and affricates’, ‘vocalization of medial voiceless stops and affricates’ and ‘weakening of medial /h/’. Lastly, it is very important to develop a syllabus and curriculum on pronunciation education in Korea by reviewing the acquisition of Japanese language pronunciation in detail through the comprehensive analysis of pronunciation problems in Japanese language experienced by Korean learners.

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