Pedagogical Application of a Linguistic Analysis of Negation in Jejueo

This paper aims to integrate linguistic analysis into grammar teaching in the modern-language classroom on Jeju Island by examining how negation in Jejueo, the province’s traditional language, could be taught to native speakers of Korean. In adopting the assumption that knowledge of a first language influences acquisition of a second language, a comparative analysis of the properties of negation in Jejueo and Korean is provided. The overview of negation in Jejueo (based on previous linguistic work) and the sample lesson plan that accompanies it offer teachers a potential model for developing lesson plans for teaching Jejueo in the schools of Jeju Island. (Jeju National University)