국어교육에서의 언어정체성과 문법 교육의 역할

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the language identity in Korean education. Language is a part of one’s identity. Each country has its own language, cultural identity, and unique history. This fact seems to be more self-evident in the Korean language education than the other countries. This article takes a stand on a viewpoint that defines Korean as the mother tongue. The Korean language identity has been in the crisis due to the superiority of English. Thus, this study suggests that the Korean learner’s language identity should be recovered by grammar education. Language identity is closely associated with values and affective factors of the language. Korea is the nation with a single language, Korean. Korean has been changed to an official language from the national language in Korean education curriculum. The educational contents of language identity in the grammar education have been composed of language awareness, language attitude, and the national language culture. Korean language identity can facilitate the learners to have the consciousness of Korean language and language attitude. Language in the Korean education must be qualified as the identity of a native language, and grammar education of Korean language should play an important role in developing the language identity of native speakers.