The purpose of this study is to explore the reconfiguration of grammar awareness frameworks in response to the rapidly changing linguistic environment and to discuss the subsequent restructuring of essential questions within the grammar curricula. To ...
The purpose of this study is to explore the reconfiguration of grammar awareness frameworks in response to the rapidly changing linguistic environment and to discuss the subsequent restructuring of essential questions within the grammar curricula. To this end, the study examines several key perspectives: an extended language typological perspective that explores the characteristics of natural language through comparison with coding languages; a semiotic perspective designed to effectively address multimodality in grammar education; and an epistemological perspective that investigates the fundamental nature of human language by contrasting it with language produced by generative AI. Based on these perspectives, the study proposes a “Multidimensional Integrative Model for Grammar Awareness” consisting of four dimensions: 1) awareness of the internal structure of language, 2) awareness of social properties and functions of language, 3) awareness of language typology and semiotic modes, and 4) an epistemological outlook on human language in relation to AI-generated language. Drawing on this model, the study constructs essential questions for the grammar domain that are applicable at the curricular level and discusses the characteristics of these questions.