대학생 자기 소개서 쓰기 경향 분석 및 수업 방법 - 교육 대학교 신입생들의 자기소개서를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study focused on the writing trends in freshmen's self-introduction writing at a teachers' college. There are certain similarities in the content of self-introductions because the applicants organized the writing content according to the self-introduction criteria at the time of applying for the college, which explains why freshmen include no objective reflective actions upon themselves or personal individual aspects in many of their self-introductions. Today writing methods of various forms are discussed in writing education at Korean universities and colleges. It is time for composition courses to respond to those demands of the times at a teachers' college. This study thus focused on the students recognizing the reality of their writing themselves and their ways of expressing themselves. Some interesting results are found in freshmen's self-introductions when they had no prior education: first, they present very similar behavioral styles in problem-solving processes, which are the core content of self-introduction; secondly, they present themselves in different ways from their actual selves. Not looking back on the real, specific aspects of themselves, many students tend to express their egos of similar form. The problem is that they are the expressed egos not real ones. Furthermore, there are problems with simplicity in their descriptions of their families and hobbies and with the paragraph arrangement not bound by topics and inclined toward keywords. One of their solutions is to provide the students with opportunities to improve their originality and do some reflective thinking upon themselves. That is, they should be offered a chance to compare their writings with those of other students and thus perceive their writings in an objective manner. It is through such a lesson process that learners will be able to look back on themselves objectively and further discover their own original aspects in them.