A Study on the Summary Writing Education of College Students: Focused on the case of S University

Objectives This study proposes summary writing education standardized in this subject in connection with S University's liberal arts compulsory  class, and analyzes students' summary cases to examine qualitative performance. In particular, since summary writing is operated in connection with the writing clinic, an extra academic activity, the results of summary writing education using it will also be examined. Methods To this end, the researcher conducted a qualitative study using a summary of students who took Critical Reading and Writing from the first semester of 2020 to the second semester of 2021. First, the summary submitted by a total of 230 students in 10 classes over four semesters was first reviewed, and eight of them were selected for case analysis. In addition, learners' perception of summary writing education were reviewed based on the results of a survey of participants in the writing clinic. Results As a result of the study, through text-based summary writing education, students' summarization and transcription skills were greatly improved every semester, and reconstruction ability to structure overview and content was also cultivated. And as a result of the survey, students' satisfaction with summary writing education was high, and students' perceptions were also very positive. Conclusions Through this, it was found that the summary writing education in connection with the writing clinic, a comparison program, greatly contributes to cultivating the summary ability of college students. This study is meaningful in that it sought learner-centered writing education through one-on-one mentoring by linking summary writing education required in university education with extra academic activities.