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Park, Deok Young. 2015. A study of Korean Proverbs Education in Korean textbook. Journal of Linguistic Studies 20(1), 59-78. This study aims to enhance foreign Korean language learner's communication ability at the moment of speaking through the proper use of Korean proverbs. In chapter II, through the due diligence of the 4 renowned Korean language textbooks that frequently used in university, I illuminated the current up-to-date status of Korean proverbs education. By studying those proverbs, the intermediate level Korean language learners may encounter high level vocabularies. After researching, I figured out a problem in current Korean language textbooks in terms of Korean proverbs writing section. In general, there was much to be developed yet. More specifically the level of proverbs introduced in textbooks was quite misleading. In the 4 textbooks for advanced learners, high level vocabularies were rarely introduced and most were just intermediate level. To wrap up, I maintain that high level vocabularies should be supplemented more in advanced textbooks in order to enhance the foreign Korean language learners' communication ability. (Dongshin University)