This paper seeks to study the establishment of Korean language education and its ideals during the Era of Enlightenment. As part of King Gojong's official documents, which first revealed the urgency of educational reform in the late Joseon dynasty, and the laws of the teacher’s college and elementary school, which established new educational systems and schools after the Gabo reform, the Department of Korean Language Education appears. In particular, under the school regulations issued in 1895, it was set as the subject of national language that students should be taught reading (or Korean), composition, and calligraphy, which were viewed as much more important than other subjects. On the other hand, it is expected that most of the materials published for reading subjects, would reveal an emphasis on independence, scientific Western culture and knowledge during this period. In short, the ideology of contemporary Korean language education was often expressed in the ideological direction of the expression of consciousness, the transmission of enlightened knowledge, and the completion of language education.