학문목적 학습자를 위한 읽기 교수 방안 연구 - 확장형 읽기와 자율적 협동학습(Co-op Co-op)을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to devise reading lesson plans by applying extensive reading and Co-op Co-op to help learners with an academic purpose improve their reading abilities in Korean. In current Korean education, reading education mainly offers integrated lessons combining vocabulary, grammar, speaking, writing, and other linguistic abilities through intensive reading. Learners with an academic purpose, however, seek after the understanding and analysis of given texts and the manifestation of critical and creative thinking based on them. Targeting them, reading education in Korean should embrace mutually supplementary relations between intensive and extensive reading, help them increase their knowledge about the target language and communication skills, and pursue the values of accuracy and fluency. Extensive reading allows learners to make a choice of what they want to read themselves and read as many materials as possible. Many researches demonstrated that extensive reading education in second language teaching increased the vocabulary, reading speed, and comprehension of learners and brought positive changes to their reading attitudes. The present study thus devised a stage of extensive reading lessons based on Co-op Co-op whose premises were autonomous participation and decision making of learners. The investigator first selected various interesting major topics for Co-op Co-op, formed small groups for reading activities, and then selected specific subtopics, which was followed by the choice of materials that were easy for learners to read and the implementation of extensive reading activities. After a presentation of each small group for the entire students to share the reading products, an assessment of academic achievements was performed based on mutual evaluation. The learning results were also put on display to motivate the learners to read. Going through those steps, the educational effects of extensive reading would increase further.