漢文敎師의 漢字 字源 活用 授業

Abstract

This study began with having agonized over what should be taught and how in Chinese writing class. In order to obtain preliminary basic data to develop the methodological knowledge on how Chinese writing should be taught, this researcher presented two research questions. First, what are the parts in the Chinese writing subject that are difficult for Chinese writing teacher to teach? Second, why are those parts difficult to teach in class? In order to solve the above research questions, I went trough the three stages of data collection procedures. In the first stage, ‘Self-check list for Chinese Writing Teaching Ability’ was prepared to identify the difficult parts in the contents of the study subject. In the second stage, the two middle school teachers’ volunteering class utilizing etymology was observed and in-depth interviews with them were conducted. In the third stage, survey by group questionnaires and focused group interviews were conducted to find out the reason for difficulties in teaching. In the area of Chinese character, Chinese writing teachers were found to have a relatively hard time in teaching Chinese characters through the ‘forming process of Chinese characters’ and the ‘changing process of Chinese character shapes.’ In the area of Chinese words, they felt it burdensome to teach the ‘usage of expletives’ and the ‘usage of substantives’, all of which are represented by the parts of speech. The teaching of the ‘forming process of Chinese characters’ and the ‘changing process of Chinese character shapes’, which are represented by etymology was done insufficiently but it was considered that it contributed much to help students to achieve their class work. The reasons that teaching by utilizing etymology is practically difficult could be divided into such factors as teachers’ negative perception, the shortage of data to be used for class work, insufficient specialized knowledge of teachers, insufficient class hours, and confusion caused by diverse theories. Such cases could also be found in the class work in the field of the classes of the middle schools.