Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language, 40,359~383. This paper examines the contents of Korean speaking education, focusing on functions of language, and analyzes how the functions are achieved by students through the ‘planning task``and ‘descripti...
Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language, 40,359~383. This paper examines the contents of Korean speaking education, focusing on functions of language, and analyzes how the functions are achieved by students through the ‘planning task``and ‘description task`` performed in a real oral discourse. Based on the theory of functional grammar, 40 Korean textbooks for beginners and oral discourse uttered by 57 Korean learners of novice level were analyzed. In the ‘planning task’, 271 sentences were examined. ‘.고 싶다’ was the most frequently used phrase,‘-아요/어요/여요’ and ‘Noun + -있어요’ were also highly frequently used phrases. In the task of description, so many grammar patterns, phrases, and expressions appeared messily,and it was often unclear which specific grammar patterns were used. This indicates that learners fail to acquire functions of language even though they understand form and meaning of language, which is a different result shown by analyzing teaching materials. Therefore, repeated practice of meaningful expressions,various and practical speaking practice, development of speaking strategies, and study based on learning materials should be suggested in class to improve learners’ speaking competence in performing functions of language.(PaiChai University, Semyung University,Ewha Womans University, Chung-Ang University)