Teaching Methods for Korean Pronunciation integrating Digital Media - Focusing on the pronunciation errors of native English learners in Primary School -

This study aims to address the distinctive errors in an utterance in Korean by native English learners and to suggest teaching methods of Korean pronunciation using various digital media for teaching pronunciation effectively in Korean. The main themes of this study to clarify the meanings of education that are utilizing EduTech centered around digital media with current changes of educational environments as well as verify the outcomes through analyzing patterns of Korean pronunciation errors that there are certain types of defective utterances of native English learners such as the problems of consonants and vowels, syllable structures, and the application of phonological rules etc. In accordance with this research, the study proposed specific teaching methods of Korean pronunciation based on digital tools, like ClovaNote, ZEP Quiz, and Word Cloud for English native learners who are living in Korea and need to acquire Korean language as beginners in primary school. Even though this study is limited in terms of small-sized class, the significance of this study is specifying Korean pronunciation errors of English native learners at the primary level, which has been lacking of previous research, and proposes practical teaching methods of integrating digital media into Korean pronunciation instruction with particular examples while improving learners' pronunciation accuracy and incorporating more interests into their learning.