A Study on Language Education in North Korea and Its Impact on the Acquisition of South Korean Dialect by North Korean Defectors: The Language Hierarchy of High-Ranking North Korean Officials Through over more than sixty years of separation, the tw... A Study on Language Education in North Korea and Its Impact on the Acquisition of South Korean Dialect by North Korean Defectors: The Language Hierarchy of High-Ranking North Korean Officials Through over more than sixty years of separation, the two Koreas have developed significant differences in various aspects of their respective societies, from politics and economics to cultural norms. Alienation of their respective dialects have deepened and is also set to emerge as a major hurdle for the expansion of inter-Korean communication and the unification of the two countries. The number of North Korean defectors entering the South has increased over the years. Since 1998, around 30,000 North Koreans are estimated to have settled in the South; yet, North Korean defectors residing in South Korea claim that the divergence of language, particularly in vocabulary, between the two Koreas is the biggest barrier for them to acclimate to South Korean society. Around 74 percent of North Korean defectors to South Korea are between their 20s and 40s, but the number of adolescents is also estimated at 4,000 and boasts of high potential for future growth. As such, it is these North Korean defectors, who with their South Korean peers, can work towards the development of a unified Korea. As North Korean instruction in education involves an inflexible ideology and the heavy use of repetition in the glorification of its leader, North Korean defectors to South Korea often struggle with adjusting to the educational norms of South Korea and arguably, the largest difference between the languages of the two Korea involves the use of honorific expressions. This study hopes to aid in the development of various learning materials for Korean language instructors, in order to help the defectors have better understanding of the South Korean lexicon. Through the study of how the hierarchical-based education system of North Korea impacts defectors’ abilities to communicate in the South, this research aims to help them better acculturate to South Korea. Looking forward, this study also serves as a source towards the lowering of barriers for adolescent defectors enabling them to take leadership roles towards a future unified Korea. It also seeks to ease other potential language education barriers between Seoul and Pyongyang ，韩语论文网站，韩语论文范文 |
