한국언어과학회

In this study, we analyze Korean emergency alerts in the context of Plain Language from the perspectives of education and Korean as a second language. The goal of this study is to further the development of effective communication with members of society who may have “beginner-level” Korean language proficiency, by examining, organizing, and proposing factors that may affect the understanding of Korean emergency alerts and suggesting educational approaches. To achieve this, we examined the vocabulary, expressions, and grammatical structures of Korean emergency alerts and analyzed the obstacles to beginner-level Korean speakers understanding them. Also, we aim to refine the results of this research and systematize the vocabulary, grammar, and syntactic construction of Korean emergency alerts to develop strategies for Korean as second language education. The goal of this study is to promote Plain Language communication so that officials and others who transmit critical information will use technical language that is correct and easy for people to understand quickly and easily.