국제한국언어문화학회

This study analyzed Korean textbooks from a pragmatic perspective to identify different aspects and orientations of pragmatic education. We analyzed 34 volumes of Korean textbooks classified into 5 types to explore the patterns of adjacency pairs and response structures in textbook dialogues. Additionally, we discussed the directions and areas of improvement regarding the dialogues and found the following: First, the adjacency pair types occurring in the dialogues mainly consisted of the question-and-answer type; Second, it was determined that the preferred structure appeared more than the dispreferred structure after confirming the realization pattern of the response structure; Third, many cases did not provide responses when the preceding speech involved a show of gratitude, requests, or suggestions; Fourth, several instances of unnatural conversations, lacking authenticity in terms of role alternation of conversation participants and conversation structure, were identified; And fifth, dialogues reflecting linguistic and cultural specificity of Korea, incorporating speech act strategies, were explored. The results are expected to contribute to the development of textbooks to enhance Korean learners’ pragmatic competence.