摘要:The purpose of this study was to assess children`s literacy in Korea. The subjects were 147 children aged 3 to 5 in Iksan and Chonju. For the assessment of children`s literacy,the revised form of WLAT(Written Language Awareness Test) (Taylor & Blum,1980) and 「The Concept About Books Interview」 designed for this study were used. The test scores and oral responses of the children were analyzed by frequencies,means,χ² test,one-way ANOVA,Pearson`s r,and Scheffe′-test. The findings Showed that : (1) the children had more awareness about the mapping principles between speech and print,and the context of sentence than about technical aspects of the written language,and (2) the children had a low awareness of the ultimate function of books. Younger children recognized a hook as a play instrument,whereas older ones saw it as a decoding instrument.