고려대학교

초록/요약

This paper aims to discuss the education contents of intonation in the Korean language education. Intonation is very important to foreign learners who aim to speak closely to native Korean. First, I examined the previous studies of teaching Korean intonation divided by Korean phonological phrase, and intonation to perform grammatical and pragmatic functions. Then, I was critically analyzed the existing Korean pronunciation textbooks to select contents which taught intonation in the teaching Korean intonation for foreign learners. The education contents of intonation in the Korean language education proposed in this study are as follows: In the phonological phrase units, differences in starting pitch according to the consonant of the first syllable and the details of the types of phonological phrase tone are taught. Intonation to perform grammatical and pragmatic functions is taught in relation to the intonation phrase. In the grammatical functions of intonation, it is divided into falling intonation in a declarative and rising intonation in a interrogative. The pragmatic features of intonation can handle a number of representations to be achieved unlike the meaning according to the intonation, this time to be the only possible to generalize. Since the length plays an important role as well as pitch, it should be included in intonation education contents of intonation.