Korean Reading Research Articles

A Study on the Effect of Korean Reading Class Based on the Reciprocal Learning Theory

A Study on the Effect of Korean Reading Class Based on the Reciprocal Learning Theory

한글 문장 읽기에서 나이에 따른 단어빈도효과 : 안구운동 연구로부터의 증거

This study recorded young and older adults’ eye movements while reading to investigate how word frequency effects are affected by age in Korean reading. In Experiment 1, we manipulated the word frequency of target words to compare the two age groups’ eye movements on the target. The results showed that older adults were longer than young adults in duration measures on the target and older adults had smaller skipping rates than young adults did. In addition, we observed the word frequency effects in some measures. Importantly, there was an interaction effect between the word frequency and the age variable such that word frequency effects were larger in the older adults compared with the young adults. In Experiment 2, we also found the word frequency effects in young adults. Finally, based on the results obtained here, we discussed the characteristics of older adults’ eye movements during natural reading.

한국어-영어 이중언어 화자의 사용 언어, 문맥, 언어 능숙도에 따른 기본 주파수 변화*

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the mean fundamental frequency (F0) changes depending on language, task, or language proficiency for Korean-English bilinguals. A total of forty-eight Korean-English speakers (28 balanced bilinguals and 20 Korean dominant bilinguals) participated in the study. Participants were asked to read aloud two types of tasks in English and Korean. For statistical analyses, the language × task two-way repeated ANOVAs were conducted within the balanced bilingual group first, and then group × language two-way mixed ANOVAs. The results showed that the females in both bilingual groups changed their mean F0 depending on the language they used and the tasks (<italic>p</italic>&lt;.05), whereas no significant results were found in the males in either group under any conditions. The mean fundamental frequency in the Korean reading task was significantly higher than that in the English reading task for females in both balanced and Korean dominant bilingual groups. Thus, changes in mean F0 depending on language and context may reflect gender-specific characteristics, and females seem to be more sensitive to the socio-cultural standards that are imposed on them.

초급 학습자를 위한 한국어 이해 교재 개발의 실제 - ‘새 연세한국어 듣기와 읽기 2’를 중심으로

초급 학습자를 위한 한국어 이해 교재 개발의 실제 - ‘새 연세한국어 듣기와 읽기 2’를 중심으로

Recoding the chaste kisaeng in Yi Hae-jo's Kang myŏng-hwa chŏn

ABSTRACTKorea’s abrupt transition into modernization was followed closely by Japanese colonialism at the turn of the twentieth century. With this social and political upheaval came the sudden hegemony of novel ideologies over an established traditional Confucian system. In public discourse and literary representations of early modern Korea, women figured as emblems of the country’s larger existential crisis. In addition, the kisaeng (generally known as female entertainers in pre-modern Korea) occupied a precarious ambiguity in the public sphere as innovators of new cultural trends and persistent obstacles to domestic morality. This study examines this ambiguity as a productive, creative deliberation regarding changing roles of women in Korea. I focus in particular on the hybridization of traditional imagery depicting female chastity (chŏngchŏl) in Yi Hae-jo’s fictionalized biography of the kisaeng, Kang Myŏng-hwa, which localized aesthetics of feminism and free love ideology for Korean reading publics. Through the biographical text of Kang Myŏng-hwa chŏn, the chaste kisaeng archetype relives the classical narrative of Ch’un-hyang and her virtuous wifely love for an aristocrat. In effect, Ch’un-hyang is remythologized in Kang Myŏng-hwa in the twentieth-century as a bridge between the past and modernity.

From the Editors

From the Editors

A Comparative Study on Korean Reading Comprehension by Adjusting Vocabulary Levels

A Comparative Study on Korean Reading Comprehension by Adjusting Vocabulary Levels

'Put' Sounds #@!... But, 'But' Sounds $&amp;amp;!...

In English, Put sounds #@!... But, But sounds $&!... ; The sounds or pronunciations of the two words are different not just because of the difference in the first syllable; even though the writing of the two words has much in common. This is in stark contrast to Korean or Indian Languages, where nothing or (or very little) is lost between writing and reading (pronunciation) as discussed below. Sounds and Syllables: Korean and Indian Languages (Figure [fig:Korean-and-Kannada] shows the mapping between Korean and Sanskrit / Hindi and Kannada syllables) have similar pronunciation or sounds. More importantly they have identical structure in terms of having the feature of being able to combine vowels and consonants to produce a wider range of sounds. Korean has 40 basic syllables (10 11 vowels; 14 5 consonants). Indian Languages have 51 or 52 basic syllables depending on who you ask (13 2 1 vowels; 25 11 consonants). Each consonant in either of the languages can be combined with each of the vowels. In Korean this becomes 21*19 = 399 sounds. In Sanskrit or Kannada this becomes 16*36 = 576 sounds. This approach ensures that nothing (or very little) is lost between writing and reading (pronunciation) in Korean and Indian languages. The real question is whether it requires a lot more effort to remember more syllables; though the extra syllables are only a handful (14 more in Korean and 26 more in Kannada). The key innovation that simplifies learning is the combination of vowels and syllables in set patterns. Curios to know which other languages have a similar structure.

Dual Language Education/Instruction Model-based Teaching Method for Korean Students’ English Communication Skills

The main objective of this research was to probe the DLM-based teaching method for Korean students’ English communication skills. For this study, the corpus was made of Korean reading materials with 307 frequently used sentence patterns extracted. The present research employing a quasi-experimental design and a comparative analysis of Korean and English corpora revealed the followings: first, the difference between the DLM (experimental group) and the CTR (control group) was examined in terms of the pretest score in order to identify the students’ level of English productive skills. After the pretest, meaningful translation focused DLM was employed in the instruction of the experimental group but not in the instruction of the control group. After one semester of teaching, on the posttest, the students in the DLM group outperformed the students in the CTR group. In conclusion, it can be inferred that the DLM teaching method is effective for English productive skills and can be a good solution to our English education environments in which both teachers and students use Korean as a medium of teaching English.

한국어 읽기 텍스트 개발을 위한 신문 기사 담화 구조 분석-신문 기사와 교재 기사문의 비교 분석을 바탕으로-

한국어 읽기 텍스트 개발을 위한 신문 기사 담화 구조 분석-신문 기사와 교재 기사문의 비교 분석을 바탕으로-

A Study on the Development and Validity of a Korean Reading Maturity Test Tool

A Study on the Development and Validity of a Korean Reading Maturity Test Tool

A Study on Analysis of Reading Texts from Beginning Level Korean Reading Textbooks - Focusing on the topic, type of texts, and activities -

A Study on Analysis of Reading Texts from Beginning Level Korean Reading Textbooks - Focusing on the topic, type of texts, and activities -

A Study on the Teaching Methodology of Capstone Design for the Teaching Korean Language and Culture of the Foreign Students

본 연구는 충청남도에 소재한 S대학교에서 2017년도 2학기 1학기 동안 실시한 한국어학 강독 수업의 사례를 기반으로 외국인 유학생들을 대상으로 실시하는 한국 언어ㆍ문화 수업을 위한 캡스톤 디자인 수업 설계 방안을 제시하는데 목적을 둔다. 최근 교육계에서는 창의적인 인재양성을 위한 자기주도 학습 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 캡스톤 디자인을 활용한 방법은 바로 이러한 교육계의 변화에 따라 등장한 것으로서 주로 공학 교육 분야에서 긍정적인 학습 효과들이 나오고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 한국어학 강독 수업이 전통적으로 읽기와 언어 지식에 초점을 맞추어 진행된다는 점이 개선되어야 한다고 보고, 한국어 모국어 화자들을 대상으로 실시하는 한국어학 강독 수업에 참여한 학습자들의 요구를 조사하였다. 그 다음 학습자들의 요구에 따라 멀티미디어 도구를 활용한 수업으로 재구성 하여 수업을 실시하였다. 그리고 마지막으로 이를 바탕으로 외국인을 위한 한국어학 강독 수업의 캡스톤 디자인 수업 모형을 설계하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 캡스톤 디자인 설계 모형은 외국인 학습자들에게 중요한 학문적 관심이 목표언어ㆍ문화의 사회문화적 맥락과 자국 문화의 대비를 고찰하여 세계의 보편적인 정서를 이해하고 이를 통해 상호문화의 특수성을 이해하는 문제라는 점에 주목하여 ‘학생 창작형’의 캡스톤 디자인을 위한 모형을 설계하였다. 그리고 수업의 목표를 ‘문헌탐색으로 기반으로 한 토론 역량 강화’를 목표로 설정하였다. 수업 영역들은 네 가지로 나누어 제시하였다. 첫째 ‘시각화 경험’과 ‘PBL 활동을 통한 문제해결 능력’ 셋째, ‘동료와의 협업 능력 향상’ 넷째, ‘발표 및 토론 활동들을 통한 자기표현 능력 향상으로 나누어 구체적인 실행 방법과 내용들을 제시하였다. 본 연구에서 제시한 캡스톤 디자인 설계 모형은 외국인을 위한 한국 언어ㆍ문화 수업에 적용할 수 있는 캡스톤 디자인 수업 설계 방안을 제시하였다는 점이 기존에 시도되지 않은 연구로서 차별성이 있다.The purpose of this study is to propose a teaching methodology of Capstone design on the teaching Korean language and culture of the foreign students. This research was based on the case study of Seminar in Korean reading class applying to the Korean university students who major in Korean Language and Literature in ‘S University’ of Chungcheongnam-do Province during the second semester of 2017. Recently, the importance of self-directed learning has been emphasized in the educational world for the development of creative talents. The use of capstone design has emerged as a result of such changes in the education system, and positive learning effects are mainly emerging in engineering education. In this study was investigated the learner s needs who participated in Seminar in Korean text reading class for Korean native speakers in order to improve the fact that Seminar in Korean text reading class is traditionally focused on reading and learning of language knowledge. Then, we reconstructed the class using multimedia tools according to the needs of learners. In this study, we designed the model Capstone Design for Students Creation . The important academic interest for foreign learners is to understand the universal emotions of the world by considering the social-cultural context of the target language and culture and the contrast of their own culture. The goal of the lesson is to enhance the capacity of discussion based on literature explore. The lesson was divided into four areas. First, visualization experience . second, ability to solve problems through PBL activities . Third, the ability to cooperate with colleagues. Fourth, it enhances the self expression ability through presentation and discussion activities. The Capstone Design Model developed through this study was designed as a capstone design model applicable to Seminar in Korean text reading class for foreigners. The capstone design model proposed in this study is a new study, which has not been attempted so far. Therefore, the capstone design model can be applied to teaching Korean language and culture in the field of teaching for foreigners education in the future.

Korean reading speed: Effects of print size and retinal eccentricity

Evaluating the effects of print size and retinal eccentricity on reading speed is important for identifying the constraints faced by people with central-field loss. Previous work on English reading showed that 1) reading speed increases with print size until a critical print size (CPS) is reached, and then remains constant at a maximum reading speed (MRS), and 2) as eccentricity increases, MRS decreases and CPS increases. Here we extend this work to Korean, a language with more complex orthography. We recruited 6 Korean native speakers (mean age = 22) and measured their reading speed in central vision (0°) and peripheral vision (10° in the lower field). 900 Korean sentences (average 8.25 words) were created with frequently-occurring beginner-level words, presented using a rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) paradigm. Data for English reading were obtained from Chung, Mansfield & Legge, Vision Research, 1998, for comparison. MRS was similar for Korean and English at 0° (713 vs. 787 wpm), but decreased faster with eccentricity for Korean. CPS was larger for Korean than for English regardless of eccentricity, but increased with eccentricity similarly for both languages. From 0 to 10°, MRS decreased by a factor of 6.5 for Korean and 2.8 for English, and CPS increased by a factor of 11.7 for Korean and 10.2 for English. Korean reading speed is more affected by retinal eccentricity than English, likely due to additional within-character crowding from more complex orthography. Korean readers with central-field loss may experience more difficulty than English readers.

다문화 학습자 대상 한국어 읽기 능력 평가 : 한국어능력시험 52회를 중심으로

다문화 학습자 대상 한국어 읽기 능력 평가 : 한국어능력시험 52회를 중심으로

Intercultural education through Korean and foreign traditional fairy tale reading activities

Intercultural education through Korean and foreign traditional fairy tale reading activities

Designing Theme-based Korean Reading Class at Overseas College Courses through Elaborating Educational Objectives

Designing Theme-based Korean Reading Class at Overseas College Courses through Elaborating Educational Objectives

The Structural Equation Modeling on Korean Reading Comprehension

The Structural Equation Modeling on Korean Reading Comprehension

A Study of Using Delphi Survey on Constructive Factors of Korean Reading Ability Evaluation for Academic Purposes

A Study of Using Delphi Survey on Constructive Factors of Korean Reading Ability Evaluation for Academic Purposes

독서교육의 세계화 양상과 내실화 방향

독서교육의 세계화 양상과 내실화 방향