Discussion education, a social conversation form, which learners encounter for the first time, is very significant because the modern society emphasizes social communicative competence. This study aims at examining the contents of discussion education through reconceptualizing the components of discussion competence. Discussion competence is the competence that a discussion participant can make a rational, critical, and balanced communication, using speaking and listening strategy being comprehend․analyze․judge group topics, having open attitude, being based on cooperative contemplative faculty. At this point, contents of discussion education is "cooperative contemplative faculty for a discussion theme"; "comprehensive faculty․analytic thinking․judgment about a discussion theme"; "the open attitude for the social community"; "speaking and listening strategy for the achievement of a discussion purpose"; "a competence that leads rational, critical, and well-balanced discussion procedure". A leaner can expand into a discussion competence, it may be necessary to social communication, through this concrete contents of discussion education.

Abstract
  Ⅰ. 들어가며
  Ⅱ. 토의 교육과 토의 능력
  Ⅲ. 토의 교육의 실태
  Ⅳ. 토의 교육의 내용
  Ⅴ. 나가며
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• 김성희(동국대학교)