2023-10-09 07:49:12
Members of the Hangeul Love Club at Onyang Hanol Middle School awaken their friends to love Hangeul through a picket campaign every first week of every month. Provided by teacher Kyeong-ah Lee
The ‘Love Hangeul’ campaign was in full swing at the entrance of Onyang Hanol Middle School when I visited the school at 8 am on the morning of the 4th. Members of this school’s Hangeul Love Club were greeting students coming to school holding signs such as ‘Correct love of Hangeul, dignified language culture’, ‘Practice of love for Hangeul is the pride of all people’, and ‘Right thoughts, kind heart, correct love of language’. Teachers and students on their way to school greeted them and entered the classroom as if they were very familiar with this scene. The Hangeul Love Club awakens friends to love Hangeul through a picket campaign every first week of every month. As I entered the middle school building, I noticed a contest for ‘Creating a Korean Language Love Slogan’ at the entrance. There was a notice posted saying that if you create a slogan with themes such as ‘Love for Hangeul’ and ‘Hangeul Day’ and submit it to the contest, the best candidate will be selected and given a ticket to the store and a store (3 points). The transparent contest box was filled with slogans submitted by students. On one side of the school, there was also an exhibition hall for Hangeul Love works. Animation, calligraphy, postcards, posters, and drawings created by students during class or club time were on display. Hangeul Love t-shirts and tumblers produced and sold by children during the festival also attracted attention. The certificates of students who won prizes in the Hunminjeongeum Book Review Contest were also on display. Onyang Hanol Middle School began practicing its love for Hangeul in this way when it was selected as a ‘Proper Hangeul Love Guide School’ in 2021. ‘Proper Hangeul Love Guide School’ is a project being promoted by the South Chungcheong Provincial Office of Education with the goal of promoting correct use of Hangeul and improving Korean education in schools and libraries. Lee Gyeong-ah, a Korean language teacher at Onyang Hanol Middle School, said, “I applied for this project because I was saddened to see students using slang and profanity too often at the age of middle school, which is the most beautiful year of their lives.”
Students at Onyang Hanol Middle School experience the beauty of Hangul by using various fonts of Hangul. Provided by teacher Kyeong-ah Lee
A variety of programs to feel and experience the beauty of Hangul. Schools offer a variety of curriculum classes, club activities, and after-school classes in connection with Hangul education. Representative programs include ‘Korean video education’, ‘Korean language postcard making’, ‘Korean language poster and cartoon drawing’, and ‘Korean language best activities’. Hangul video education is an education program that allows students to experience various writing styles of Hangul while watching videos produced by the National Hangeul Museum. As students write in various fonts such as Panbon font, Gungseo font, and Min font, they come to realize that ‘Hangul is very pretty.’ Children who feel that it is pretty can freely express the beauty of Hangeul with their own aesthetic sense through the ‘Hangeul Postcard Making Activity’. A youth language and culture program in conjunction with the National Institute of the Korean Language is also conducted. An instructor dispatched from the National Institute of the Korean Language will teach first-year students about conversations with others and online conversations, making them reflect on the importance of words and the precious meaning they contain. During art class, we research words and sentences related to Hangul, engage in group discussion, and then create Hangul posters. The cartoon drawing club spends time drawing familiar Korean cartoons and thinking about the correct and incorrect use of the Korean alphabet. Students in the Reading Discussion Club discuss and write about the correct use of Korean, read books related to Hunminjeongeum, and write book reports. In after-school classes, we research the beautiful Korean language, find Japanese vocabulary that still exists, and translate it into Korean. During the free semester calligraphy class, students have the opportunity to write pure Korean words in their own font, and also have time to admire poetry and think about the beauty of the Korean language. Hangeul love poetry creation activities and motto creation activities are conducted for all students. The Best Korean Language Activity is a program in which one student per month from each class who uses correct and refined language is selected and announced as the best Korean language speaker, and is given a gift of store and concession vouchers. Some of these activities were created by teacher Lee Gyeong-ah through collaboration with her fellow teachers, some were created by the principal, and some were created through discussions with students. Thanks to such active and active education, Onyang Hanol Middle School has received the ‘Citation for Meritorious Use of the Korean Alphabet’ for three consecutive years since 2021, the first year of operation of the ‘Hangeul Love Guidance School’, and has been selected as a Guidance School for Correct Use of the Korean Language for three years until this year. is continuing.
The Hangeul Love Art Exhibition Hall at Onyang Hanol Middle School displays various Hangeul art works created by students. Provided by teacher Kyeong-ah Lee
Students who change their friends as ‘Hangeul Love Evangelists’ The Hangeul Love Club students at this school are the most passionate Hangeul evangelists. They come out almost every Saturday to read books about the Korean alphabet, discuss it, write articles, explore the language, and seek out a campaign to love the Korean alphabet. Naturally, club members not only do not use profanity or swear words, but they also actively intervene in the speaking habits of other friends. Ga-yeon Choi, a student who has been an active member of the Hangeul Love Club for three years, said, “Our club studies the origins and meanings of swear words we often use and knows their meanings, so whenever our friends use such swear words, we say, ‘That’s what it means, so you shouldn’t use it. ‘” he said. He also said, “I joined this club because my dream was to be a writer, and I enjoyed the various activities and experiences so much that I encouraged other friends to join as well.” He added, “The most fun activity was the works by Kim Yu-jeong, Hwang Sun-won, and Han Yong-un, who showed the beauty of the Korean language.” “It was an exploration of the literary views of writers who left a legacy behind,” he said. Student Ryu Jeong-hee said, “These days, there are so few friends who can speak Korean properly, so I feel rewarded when I see my friends change little by little through the Hangeul Love Activity.” “The most effective activity for my friends is the monthly event where the class selects the best Korean language speaker.” “It’s the same,” he said. Every year, at the beginning of the semester, members of the Hangeul Love Club are selected as the best Korean speakers, but as time goes by, other students begin to be selected as the best Korean speakers.
Students at Onyang Hanol Middle School are making T-shirts expressing their love for the Korean alphabet. Provided by teacher Kyeong-ah Lee
Student Bae Hyeon Bae said, “I feel very rewarded from the activity, especially when I see a friend who used to swear a lot trying to use kind words to receive a gift certificate from the store.” He also said, “Because our school has a lot of Hangul-related activities during class and club hours from the first year to the third year, the interest in Hangul is definitely higher than other schools, and we participate in many Hangul-related competitions and win many awards, so we are proud of this.” “I am hopeful that our school’s activities will have a positive impact on other schools as well,” he said. Student Bae Hyeon participated in the ‘Love the Country Speech Contest’ with a story about her love for the Korean alphabet and received the President’s Grand Prize. Teacher Kyeong-ah Lee said, “At first, I just started this with the hope that students would use more correct language, but as the activity progressed, things became connected and more diverse activities took place. As word of mouth spread here and there, inquiries about the activity started coming in,” adding, “All students are involved. “Not everyone uses the correct language, but the language is becoming purified little by little, and the students clearly feel the beauty and importance of the Korean language, and it seems that they have established a desire to cherish and love the Korean language even more,” he said. Art teacher Yeo Da-gam said, “While doing art activities with the theme of love for the Korean alphabet, they come up with ideas for works and look up a lot about Hangeul from the stage of conceiving the work, so the children’s thoughts about Hangeul deepen, and while doing art activities, they learn a lot about Hangeul. “The children seem to be taking care of each other’s speaking habits, saying, ‘Shouldn’t we use pretty words at least while we are making the Hangeul Love Poster?’” he said. Onyang Hanol Middle School’s Korean language love education will continue in the future. Principal Park Seong-byeong said, “I was happy to be able to help students develop emotional stability, respect for each other, and pride in the Korean language and culture through the Korean language love education.” He added, “We will continue to cultivate emotions and character through kind and proper speech and social “We will more actively promote Korean language education so that students can develop mature language and attitudes,” he said. Asan/Guest Reporter Kim Ari ari@hani.co.kr
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