연어(Collocations)를 활용한 아랍어 어휘 교육 방안에 관한 연구 = A Study on Vocabulary Teaching Method: Collocations

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study starts from the hypothesis that collocations are co-occurrence of certain words and play a key role in defining pragmatic language competence of native speakers. The study aims to draw attention to the necessity of using collocations in teaching Arabic vocabularies and makes some suggestions on developing practical methods to teach collocations in classroom conditions. The paper made a literature review on established studies that provide relevant definitions. Collocations can be defined as a restricted co-occurrence of certain words upon which a given speech community agrees. Some of the key characteristics of collocations examined in this study can be listed as one-directivity, psychological remarkableness, impossibility of word to word translation, and reliance on certain groups or cultural bound. This study also finds that a student`s knowledge of collocations of target language will help to enhance his/her linguistic skills, especially in terms of fluency. This point serves to highlight the need to introduce collocations in teaching foreign languages in class conditions. Based on these observations, the study proposes to apply some practical methods to teach vocabularies using collocations to teaching grounds in Korea. Applicable methods can be presentation of probable collocations, presentation of collocations using students` performance of translations, presentation of lists of collocations in subjects, essay preparation using collocations and discernment of near synonyms by collocations. It also suggests to develop and compile a Korean-Arabic collocation dictionary to help students to further develop their Arabic vocabulary skills.