A Study on Korean Second Language Education for Marriage Immigrants: Focusing on Heo Hwang-ok's story

The purpose of this paper is to present the story of Heo Hwang-ok, a character in the Gaya Founding Mythology, recorded in the History of the Three Kingdoms, to the Korean Second language education for marriage immigrants. To this end, we first examine the current status of old stories covered in Korean textbooks for marriage immigrants and present features that can be used through Heo Hwang-ok's story in Korean Second language education for marriage immigrants. In Korean language education, old stories have been used as a way to learn Korean values and lifestyles or to compare them with old stories in the learner's motherland. Accordingly, this paper presents the story of Heo Hwang-ok, a character in the Gaya founding myth of the Three Kingdoms recorded in the History of the Three Kingdoms, as a material for Korean Second language education for marriage immigrants. There are a total of three materials presented in this paper: narrative cultural elements, character cultural elements, and usable content materials. The narrative cultural element is about the cultural element that existed in ancient Korea and is about the faith of ancient Korea. The character culture elements are about the characteristics of Heo Hwang-ok and King Suro, the main characters, and are about cultural phenomena dealt with in modern Korea through their characteristics. Content materials are content projects conducted by Gimhae-si and Internet materials that can be used for learning. Based on the data presented later, the educational plan is presented in a general manner.