중고급 수준 성인 KSL 학습자를 위한 전환학습으로서의 한국어교육

Korean Language Education as a Transformative Learning for Intermediate/High Level Adult KSL Learners

Intermediate/high level adult KSL learners, who live in Korea for a long time, are increasing members of Korean society. Korean language education for them need to be conducted with the aim of improving language ability and promoting growth as personal and social being. However, Korean language education for these learners has not been properly provided or diversified yet. In order to diversify Korean education for adult KSL learners, it is necessary to consider the characteristics of these learners. And this study seeks to examine the characteristics of adult KSL learners and explore new educational points for them. Chapter 2, through analyzing immigrants’ personal memoirs of life in Korea, gained implications for direction of Korean language education for adult KSL learners in respects of social expectations, characteristics of adult learners, and cultural acculturation aspects. Chapter 3 the theoretical consideration on transformative learning and related discussions in foreign language education as the basis of Korean language education for intermediate/high level adult KSL learners and presented the direction of Korean language education for adult KSL learners as a transformative learning. In conclusion, this study proposed reading literature and self-expressive writing activities as Korean language teaching methods for intermediate/high level adult KSL learners.