한국인일본어학습자의 가타카나어 사용 연구 - 탄뎀수업 학습일지 분석을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This paper shows the actual usage of Katakana words by Korean learners of Japanese through the analysis of students’ study diaries in Tandem classes where a Korean student and a Japanese student have a conversation on a one-on-one basis. The study shows that various katakana expressions are used in conversation on the themes related to food, popular culture, fashion and youth culture. It also confirms the phenomenon that words like “Kawaii, Florida, Nowsika, Iraoko” that should be written in kanji or hiragana are notated in katakana. In addition, there are cases where different words are used when referring to the same thing, such as 'stewardess and cabin attendant', both of which originated from English but the meaning is different in Japan and Korea. The teachers have to recognize different uses of Katakana when teaching Katakana words to students. Also, the most common misuse by learners was not to put a long sound into katakana which should have a long sound, but to use a short sound instead. We will continue our study to analyze Katakana words, which are frequently used in actual conversations, and make it a future task to utilize the study result for education of Katakana words.