The Terminology of the Worksheet in the National Museum of Korea under the Perspective of Understanding- Focusing on the Self-Guided Worksheet for Crafts in the Museum-

This paper aims to check whether the terminology in the self-worksheet provided by a museum can be understood by non-professional visitors and to clarify the importance of using terminology made up of easy everyday word. To study the visitors' understanding of terminology in the worksheet, six types of craft-themed worksheets developed for elementary school students in the National Museum were analyzed. Then, I studied the types of vocabulary about terminology in the worksheet and calculated the distance from everyday terms. As a result, a total of 121 technical terms in the field of crafts (removing overlapping vocabulary) were extracted, of which 81.8% were Chinese characters. This is a much higher proportion than the proportions of Chinese characters in the entry of the standard Korean dictionary as well as elementary school textbooks. The terminology used in the worksheet is mainly made up of Chinese characters that are difficult for elementary school students who have only used Hangeul. It is obvious that terminology based on Chanise characters is difficult to understand, but the most important thing is that the meaning of terms should be easy to understand as spoken language, regardless of whether it is a native term or Chinese. Therefore, I measured and calculated the distance between the 26,678 everyday words spoken by children and the terminology used by the worksheet for craft field. The result showed that the distance between the two terms was quite far, 66.1. This means that more than half of the technical terms in the craft field are unfamiliar expressions that elementary school students have not encountered in their everyday lives, indicating that the worksheet of the National Museum is very difficult. The worksheet provided by the museum for visitors serves as a guide for understanding the exhibition. Therefore, the terminology contained in the worksheet should be in a form that visitors can easily accept. For the worksheet to be used by elementary school students as excellent learning material, it is urgent to reorganize and correct the terminology of the worksheet to meet the language level of the user.