Uses and Roles of the Relative Pronouns

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study analyzes English relative pronouns grammatically and explores the teachings methods through which Korean learners can easily understand the meaning and usage of English relative pronouns that do not exist in their native language. In Chapters 2 and 3, this study refers to the thoughts of past scholars and lists the definition and types of the relative pronoun to analyze its characteristics. The common definition is that the relative pronoun serves as both the pronoun and the conjunction. Types of relative pronouns include common relative pronouns, compound relative pronouns, and pseudo-relative pronouns. To study the use of the relative clause containing the relative pronoun, the researchers consider the usage of relative clauses, restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses, and examine their differences. There is a semantic and structural difference between the two usages, so one should choose to employ one or the other according to the text. Furthermore, this study presents effective teaching methods for relative pronouns that can help motivate student interest from an educational aspect. In conclusion, the instructor should explain the grammatical knowledge about the relative pronoun and the relative clause, and then have students in pairs or groups practice the sentences and notice their weaknesses, so that the grammar is internalized within them.

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