Busan Office of Education Develops and Distributes 'Playing and Learning with Hangeul'

Various Play Activities... Helping 1st Grade Elementary Students Learn Hangeul

Building Hangeul Basics and Supporting Early School Life Adaptation

Busan Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Ha Yun-su) will distribute the Hangul literacy support material "Hangul Playground (Playing and Exploring with Hangul)" to elementary schools in the district to improve Hangul literacy for first graders entering school in March.

Cover of 'Hangeul Noliteo (Playing and Exploring with Hangeul)'.

This material was developed as supplementary resources for the newly established "Hangul Play" unit in the first-grade Korean language curriculum. It aims to help students build a foundation in Hangul through various play-centered activities and assist their adaptation to school life in the early stages of enrollment.

The Busan Office of Education developed this material reflecting the "2022 Revised Curriculum," which emphasizes Hangul acquisition and basic literacy education by increasing Korean language instruction hours by 34 hours for grades 1 and 2.

In March last year, the office formed a "Hangul Literacy Education Research Group" consisting of 10 members, including lead teachers and classroom teachers, to develop the materials. The research group has been working to create highly practical materials based on research activities focused on play and experiential learning cases and the needs of schools in the field.

The materials are designed to help students naturally learn Hangul through 17 theme-based play activities such as "Getting Friendly with Letters." Each theme is prepared in two sessions to link with the 34-session "Hangul Play" unit lessons.

In particular, line-drawing activities help develop fine motor skills for writing letters, learn the direction of strokes, and how to hold a pencil. Moreover, the materials include various themes that enhance empathy, brain-hand coordination, and color perception.

Ha Yun-su, Superintendent of Busan Metropolitan Office of Education, stated, "Our office is committed to strengthening student-tailored education so that all students have no difficulty reading and writing, and we are doing our best to provide multifaceted and integrated support for systematic Hangul education. We will continue to focus on field-oriented support by developing and distributing various Hangul teaching and learning materials for responsible Hangul education."

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