초등학교 한자교육에 필요한 한자의 字數, 字種 선정에 대한 연구 - 초등학교 한자 교과서를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This study aims to suggest the selection of the optimum numbers(i.e., character quantity) and the species of Chinese characters(i.e., type of Chinese character) for elementary school education, based on the idea that Chinese character education in elementary school is centered on Sino-Korean word education. In our resent study - A Study on the Optimum Number and the Selection Standard of Chinese Character for Elementary School Education, we suggested the selecting strategy of ‘Chinese character for elementary school education', by newly applying the data of Kim, Han-saem(2009) and Natmal Inc: Research Institute of Korean language information Processing. In the process of discussing the details, we considered elementary school textbook corpus, graded lexicon reflecting vocabulary evaluation, productivity in word-formation, professional judgment, etc. Among them, elementary school textbook corpus that we applied at every stage had been merely applied for measuring the simple frequency in the previous researches. The applications of graded lexicon and productivity in word-formation in this study are first considered in the academic field. Although the existing research has achieved the above results, it still has its own limitation. It is that it does not include the textbooks of elementary schools in the scope of research, so it does not give importance to actual education field. This study intends to supplement and expand the existing research by conducting research on eight current Chinese character textbooks consisting of six volumes. As a result, 548 Chinese characters are selected and the list was presented, and 75 Chinese characters are added that could be used in vocabulary education. We hope that the above 623 characters will be a constant reference in the education of Chinese characters in elementary schools in the future, and that supplementary research by academia will be conducted in the future.