다문화 가정 초등생을 위한 상대 높임법 교육 양상 - ‘하오체’와 ‘하게체’를 중심으로 -

Abstract

Korean native speakers are exposed to Hao and Hage style, a type of honorifics in Korean language, through reading, before they are able to use them in colloquial language. In other words, hao and hage style becomes a specific honorific that Korean native speakers learn before starting their public education, through children’s books, video media, animation, dramas and movies. It then establishes itself as a linguistic knowledge acquired through textbooks in elementary school education. The reason why it becomes a linguistic knowledge itself is because the discourse used by Hao and Hage style has a cultural lyricism that expresses the context of the dialogue and the cultural background of Korea. Therefore, Hao and Hage style honorifics should be properly taught for kids from multicultural background as well if their parents decide to reside in Korea permanently. Especially if children from multicultural backgrounds who still require to take KSL education do not have a proper linguistic knowledge on Hao and Hage style, then they will have a lower level of cultural literacy on Hao and Hage style honorific than Korean native speakers. They will not grasp different cultural contexts that are expressed with and within Hao and Hage style. Hence, in order to improve cultural literacy of children from multicultural backgrounds, the Korean as a Second Language(KSL) education for married immigrants and their children also need to have a proper curriculum for Hao and Hage style honorifics, as Korean native speakers will learn it from their daily exposure and public education. Especially, there should be sufficient reading and media materials about Hao and Hage style from the textbooks for Korean native speakers so that children with multicultural backgrounds do not miss out linguistic knowledge that Korean native speakers acquire during the public education.