漢文 基礎 學習者의 漢詩·漢文 敎育 方案 摸索 - 초등학교 4학년 학습자를 중심으로

Abstract

Since each elementary school grade has a different stage of cognitive development and learning ability, not all grades can be educated on traditional Korean poems and Chinese characters. Our school tried to teach 4th grade students traditional Korean poem and Chinese characters and we found out that, even if they were elementary school students, with an appropriate course materials in teaching Korean poems or short phrases, our students had no problem understanding them. We also discovered that if the course material only focused on Chinese character vocabulary practices, the students will quickly lose their interest in learning—they could even distaste Chinese characters. On the contrary, if students learn Chinese characters through learning traditional Korean poems and short phrases, they will feel that it is fun and interesting to learn Chinese characters and their perception of Chinese characters will become positive. Students will be able to see the images of life that ancients did, and will learn ancients’emotion of life so they can form a value which they will need to live their lives. Therefore, we should not take their chances of learning Chinese character away just because elementary school students have lack of Chinese characters knowledge. Traditional Korean Poem Education is a core of Chinese Characters Studies where students can learn their linguistic and cultural distinctiveness. For students whose background knowledge of Chinese characters is elementary, teachers need to focus on helping the students to develop the esthetic appreciation skill other than having them to study hard on Chinese reading ability like middle school students do. In addition, teachers need to create course materials adjusted for the beginner learners and provide them to have a chance to appreciate the Korean poem works of our ancients. Through this process, they will be able to study and appreciate traditional Korean poems in their own level. Also it is necessary to change the way we regard to acknowledge that studying Korean poems based that has been translated on students’ level other than original text is another way of Korean poem education. The goal of traditional Korean poem and short phrases education has to differ for elementary school students from the middle school students’. It is necessary to put the point on regarding the poem and phrases as fun and understanding for elementary school students. This will make their learning of ancient wisdom and values in the poem more adoptable to their life. At the same time, studying traditional Korean poem and short phrases develops a reflective thinking ability for the students. This is an advantage where students will be able to prepare for a higher level of education for the future.