Professor Kim Jinhee of Gyeongnam National University’s translated book selected as an excellent academic book in the Sejong Library Awards

The Need for Literacy Education in Today's Era
Addressing the 'Reading Gap' Required

Professor Jinhee Kim of the Department of Korean Language Education at Gyeongnam National University’s translated work, Closing the Reading Gap (Global Contents Publishing, authored by Alex Quigley), was recently selected as a “2023 Sejong Book Excellent Academic Publication” by the Korea Publication Industry Promotion Agency.

Professor Kim Jin-hee, translated work.

The Sejong Book program, hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korea Publication Industry Promotion Agency, is an annual initiative aimed at promoting excellence in academic publishing and establishing a national knowledge-based society.

Professor Kim’s Closing the Reading Gap emphasizes that in today’s era, where the need for literacy education is increasingly recognized, addressing educational disparities at the national level requires closing the reading gap within classrooms. The book primarily deals with practical guidelines to achieve this goal.

Through the book, Professor Kim stated, “With the emergence of a new generation known as ‘digital natives,’ the form of books and reading methods have inevitably undergone continuous changes. Although issues surrounding new reading environments and literacy have become major concerns in modern society, many children still face difficulties in reading. This book broadly covers methods to close the reading gap that are applicable not only to experts involved in school education and policy but also to families.”

As a result of this selection, Professor Kim’s translation will be distributed to more than 300 public libraries nationwide.

Meanwhile, following Closing the Reading Gap in 2023, Professor Kim published Closing the Vocabulary Gap, and plans to publish Closing the Writing Gap in the first half of 2024.

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