한국어 중고급 학습자 대상 토론 활동 중심 쓰기 교육 연구

Abstract

A STUDY ON DISCUSSION-ORIENTED WRITING EDUCATION TARGETING INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED LEARNERS OF KOREAN

SO-HEE PARK

Department of Teaching Korean as a Foreign Language The Graduate School of Education Pukyong National University

Abstract

This study desires to seek an instructional method to improve writing with an integrated education of speaking and writing, the functions of expression, because learners have difficulty and burden of Korean writing, especially generation and logical organization of contents. In addition, the study desires to verify whether it helps in improving generation and logical organization of contents by comparing analyzing writing before and after discussion, and to prepare an instructional method that can be used in a practical Korean education.

To achieve above purposes, this study was proceeded as follows. First, the educational direction of language function was examined by studying a communication function of language functions based on the studies of scholars, and a possibility of an integrated education of speaking and writing was confirmed by examining the relationship between language functions. In addition, the models of instruction suggested by existing advanced researches were examined to develop a model of writing class with discussion that can be fulfilled targeting intermediate and advanced learners of Korean. Second, the educational effect of writing after discussion was examined by investigating the demands of learners about an educational method proceeded in the existing writing class before experimental design, to suggest a method of a writing education after discussion. Third, the study made learners participate in an experiment, going through writing compendium before discussion, debating based on discussion compendium, and writing after discussion in a writing subject opened in curriculum according to the experimental design. The study verified whether it helps in improving writing skills and it is effective in generation and logical organization of contents, by comparing and analyzing a writing result before the application of an integrated educational method and a result of composition written after discussion by applying the teaching method.

As a result of this study, discussion not only vitalizes the knowledge basis of learners but also enables the richer writing by sharing various ideas. Especially, discussion helps the increase of writing skills by making ideas through common thinking and improving logical and critical thinking, and expressiveness of learners, and reduces the great pressure of writing by improving the confidence of learners who have ideas. In addition, as a result to apply a teaching method of writing using a discussion, it was confirmed to improve the writing skills of intermediate learners having a more difficult time generating ideas than advanced learners.

This study desires to improve the writing skills using the speaking of 4 language functions. The researcher hopes that this study will help in studying an integrated education of speaking and writing of researchers concerned about the improvement of Korean learners’ writing skills systematically.

Keywords: Korean Discussion, Writing Skills, Speaking Skills, Discussion Compendium