고등학교 교과서에서의「ね」의 기능 고찰 -자연대화 내 사용양상과의 비교를 통해-

Abstract

In this study, the function and usage of 'Ne' in both natural conversations and government-authorized textbooks of the Korean high school were investigated. Furthermore, on the base of the results, the method of effective acquisition of ‘Ne’ by the learners in Japanese education were suggested. The results were summarized as follows. The functions of ‘Ne’ in natural conversations were classified into ‘information sharing’. ‘attention–getting’, ‘softening’, ‘confirming’ and ‘verbal-filler’. In conversations between friends, the proportion of 'Ne' in men’s conversations was higher than that in women’s conversations. For the functions of ‘Ne’, the proportions of ‘information sharing’ and ‘attention–getting’ were high regardless of participants’ sex. The frequency of ‘Ne’ in conversations between persons who met first time was higher than that between friends. Furthermore, the proportion of ‘Ne’ was proportional to the age of talking partner, and this indicates that the age factor significantly influences the use of ‘Ne’. However, these tendencies of ‘Ne’ in natural conversations were not properly reflected in government-authorized textbooks. That is, the various functions of ‘Ne’ were not explained sufficiently and the background of an example ‘Ne’ was not provided in detail. In addition, there were some unnatural dialogue and settings in every textbook were similar. It is thought that much consideration and effort are required for developing textbooks. So, we suggest some implications to solve problems of these textbooks in this study.