The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Korean teachers using learners’ mother language on learners’ grammatical competence and also learners’ perceptions of Korean teachers’ instructional language, especially in German learner...
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of Korean teachers using learners’ mother language on learners’ grammatical competence and also learners’ perceptions of Korean teachers’ instructional language, especially in German learners at beginners’ level. For this purpose, this study investigated differences in the control and experimental groups’ learning achievements, with the Korean teacher speaking either exclusively Korean or bilingual in Korean and German during Korean grammar class. It also conducted a survey and individual in-depth interview to find out to which extend learners found the teaching language supportive in some particular situations of grammar class. Results were evaluated using Mann-Whitney U-test, frequency analysis and correlation analysis with the statistical program SPSS Win 21.0 Version.
The findings were as follows:
According to the evaluation of the grammar test and questionnaire survey no statistically significant differences between both groups were found, nevertheless the results still showed some interesting tendencies.
Firstly, in most areas of ‘comparing grammars with similar meaning’, ‘syntax structure’ and ‘grammar use’, the experimental group, who was taught in Korean and German, scored higher than the control group. The control group, who was taught exclusively in Korean, however showed slightly higher scores in the area of ‘grammar form’.
Secondly, in most situations teaching grammar, for instance explaining grammar form, meaning of grammar, grammar use, the meaning of vocabularies or sentences, giving feedback, setting a task and introducing cultural factors etc., the experimental group evaluated the teacher’s language as more supportive than the control group. First of all they found it very useful that the meaning of grammar and the grammar use was explained in their mother language, German.
Thirdly, it was easier for learners to actively participate in class if the teacher used their mother language. However, using the target language had a positive effect on learning motivation.
Although the tendencies described above point into interesting directions, maybe a larger sample size would have been necessary to show significant differences between the groups.
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