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Teacher Bae Hye-rim and Park Eun-sun Publishing Reading Education Books Interested in reading education as a mother before a teacher You have to make a habit in middle school to endure college entrance exams. How to ‘Reading Club’ for stable reading

It is well known to everyone that literacy strengthened through reading becomes an important ability even in full-fledged entrance exams. However, it is also reading that children are pushed back as they grow from elementary school to middle school and from middle school to high school. If you keep up with the urgent progress of English and math in front of you right now, you will have less time to read, and you will often lose your short break time to your smartphone.

As a result, parents become thirsty for a list of books that will be read more efficiently by their children. For them, teachers Bae Hye-rim and Park Eun-sun recently published a book titled “Sky Admissions Student’s Compulsory Reading for Secondary Students” after considering books that middle school students would like to read. The two teachers, who met at a cafe in Mapo, Seoul, said in unison, “You can’t tell even if you have a little less reading ability until middle school, but you will feel the importance of literacy after high school, when the amount of learning increases.” In particular, interest in literacy is increasing as the high school credit system is introduced and the college admission system for middle school students itself changes according to the 2028 reform plan.

Bae, a middle school Korean language teacher in his 22nd year, and Park, a high school art teacher in his 15th year, each took charge of literature and non-literature and selected 50 kinds of books. Teacher Bae said, “One of the questions I received surprisingly a lot when I consulted with parents was whether there was a kind of reading list to read,” adding, “Any entrance examination system does not change the fact that children who thought and explored themselves can get in the right direction through reading.” Teacher Park also added, “When I take charge of it, children with a high reading volume definitely adapt well in high school and show good performance in the CSAT afterwards.”

Of course, since it is an era where many people only see a summary of the main scenes through YouTube, there were many concerns while choosing 50 books for middle school students and promoting the main contents and their meaning. Teacher Bae said, “I can’t read all the books in Korean class, so I only talk about important things and hang up on purpose, and if I make you curious about the next thing, the students go to the school library and borrow themselves,” and said, “I hope it will help students who don’t know what to see first, even if they decide to read books.”

In the process of selecting the list, not only the experience as a teacher but also as a parent came to a great extent. When I went home after school, I acted as a mother and received help from my children. Teacher Park looked back, “Although it was based on diversity such as history, society, science and philosophy while choosing non-literary books, it was very helpful to read them including my child by summarizing steady sellers and bestsellers.” Teacher Bae also said, “I’m making it a task to read one book a semester in Korean class, and in the process, I saw not only the students’ reactions but also my child’s reactions. It was also an important criterion to see if it was enough fun from a children’s point of view to read the book deeply,” he said. They also expressed regret, saying, “There are many books that are missing even though I thought it would be good to read 50 books.”

What the two teachers commonly emphasized for reading education was ‘habit’. “From middle school students, strategic reading is necessary,” said Bae, “If you set a standard, you should read at least one book every two weeks, and preferably, it is the role of parents to provide it according to their children’s interests so that literature and non-literature are evenly mixed.” He thinks that it is enough to read youth literature, which is usually 250 to 280 pages long when he is in the upper grades of middle school.

Teacher Park said, “When you are in elementary school, it is better to promise regular reading time every day. I am still continuing my habit by making my child, who became a middle school student, read Korean and English books for 50 minutes a day, and giving gifts when I read difficult books,” he said. If you are a child who has a little difficulty reading books, you start with an essay that is close to life and familiar, then move on to a novel, and then challenge poetry and non-literature in turn. Teacher Park then added, “If you want to put a list of books you read in your life record book, it is better to have a habit of writing a simple book report after reading it.”

Teachers also said that while there is a perception that doing it alone is reading, a “reading club” with children of similar age is also a good way to enjoy reading if necessary. Teacher Bae, who is ordering a book club with children he doesn’t know recruited online, said, “We read books, write three or four lines of appreciation on the first sheet, and send them by courier,” and expressed satisfaction, saying, “It has the effect of the child reading hard while wondering what other friends think.” Teacher Park also said, “My child also has a book club once a week to have online discussions on Zoom after reading the same book, and I think it’s a good way to get close to books naturally.”