A study on the Chinese Korean learners’perception about the corrective feedback for their pronunciation errors
The purpose of the study is to find out the perception of corrective feedback on pronunciation error especially for Chinese Korean learner...
A study on the Chinese Korean learners’perception about the corrective feedback for their pronunciation errors
The purpose of the study is to find out the perception of corrective feedback on pronunciation error especially for Chinese Korean learners. These days, many Chinese students come to Korea for their Korean learning. With increasing number of students hoping to go to Korean university for academic purpose, the role of communication skills in Korean is really important. Because they are needed to pull out the difficulties in classroom activities like presentations and discussions. Above all, if learners are not able to deliver their opinions with clear pronunciation, they might lose their confidence. It is really important for teacher give proper corrective feedback on pronunciation errors.
There were many studies investigating learners’perception till current, but few studies focused on pronunciation specifically. Especially in Korean education it was difficult to find studies related to the learners’perception about the corrective feedback for their pronunciation errors. In consideration of those aspects, this study pursues to know Chinese Korean learners’perception through questionnaire surveys and interviews.
There were four research questions:
1. What is the Chinese Korean learners’overall perception about the corrective feedback on pronunciation errors? 2. What is the Chinese Korean learners’perception about difficulties of Korean pronunciations? 3. What is the Chinese Korean learners’ perception about effectiveness of corrective feedback according to the type of pronunciation errors? 4. Is there difference in perception about corrective feedback on pronunciation errors according to learning level? With these research questions, total 74 students participated in this survey and 7 students participated in the post interview.
Through the analysis result in the first research question, learners are expected to get more corrective feedback from teachers. And they thought Korean teacher’s corrective feedback is effective rather than Chinese Korean teachers or their classmates. Secondly, with question 2, many leaners perceived the pronunciation of /ㅅ-ㅆ/ most difficult. This is the unique feature of Korean pronunciation, so it should be difficult to acknowledge that which does not exist in Chinese pronunciation. Also, nasalization and lateralization showed high mean value. Third, learner thought explicit correction is the best way for correctifying pronunciation errors. Lastly, there was significant difference according to the learner’s level in four questions. However, it was not enough to find clear evidence that learners’level play a role for different perception.
To conclude, this study investigated Chinese Korean learners’ perception about corrective feedback on pronunciation error with four research questions. Through the result, it was possible to know learner’s perception such as how often they want to get corrective feedback, how they feel about some Korean pronunciations, and preferences for corrective feedback. The perception between learner and teacher might be different, thus it needs more investigations for proper corrective feedback on pronunciation errors.