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This study analyzed the situational contexts of dialogues in North Korean KFL textbooks titled "Korean 3", "Korean 4", and "Korean 5". To accomplish this, four analytical criteria were established: type of discourse, scene of discourse, content of discourse, and participants in discourse, examining the situational elements within 44 dialogues. The analysis revealed that, with the exception of one lecture discourse, most of the discourses were conversations involving two or three participants. Private scenes were more prevalent than public ones across all levels of the textbooks, and due to North Korea's unique socio-political context, the range of settings for these discourses was more limited when compared to South Korean textbooks. Regarding content, covered topics frequently included leisure, travel, and public services. "Requesting or providing information" and "persuading or recommending" were among the most common discourse functions, with minimal use of functions typically associated with negative contexts. The dialogues rarely delineated social status differences among participants by age, with only one dialogue indicating social status differences. Participants often had a pre-existing relationship, varying by textbook level. This study offers significant insights into recent trends in North Korean KFL education by analyzing the latest textbooks.
Jaemin Han (Fri,) studied this question.