재미한글학교 학습자 읽기 능력 향상을 위한 확장형 읽기 고찰 및 적용

The study and application of extensive reading for the reading proficiency improvement of Korean School Learners in the US: Focused on the selection of reading material

Since the education for overseas Korean language learners is mainly focused on communicative daily expressions, their reading is confined to ‘reading a Korean textbook’. Thus ‘Extensive reading’ is to supplement the insufficiency of reading education for them. This research looks into the reading state, cognizance of extensive reading, and the comparative application between Korean textbooks’ level for native Korean learners(READ Measure) and that for Korean School Learners in the US. The research reveals that the criteria for teachers and learners’ preference to the choice of reading textbooks are ‘interest’ and ‘learner’s level’ and that genre is that ‘Korean folk tales’ are favored by them. And the average score for the comprehension of Korean textbooks by READ Measure is 54.2% and 2.57(out of 5) for the test. Therefore, it is necessary to develop ‘Learn to read series’ with simplification and elaboration for overseas Korean language learners.