A Pedagogical Reconsideration of Irregular Conjugation of Korean Verbs

불규칙활용에 대한 한국어 교육적 재고찰

To learn correctly how irregular verbs conjugate is one of the most important items which must be acquired by learners of Korean. Although a great deal of study has been made on irregular verbs, lots of problems seem to be remaining unsolved or even undescribed. The purpose of this paper is: (1) to give a definition of irregular conjugation of Korean from pedagogical point of view; (2) to describe an appearance of irregular verbs in the spoken and written context; (3) to show appropriate explanation how irregular verbs conjugate.