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Korean-American students use Korean that their parents use at home as a first language before the age of 3 or 4. But although they rapidly develop English words and grammar because of getting formal school education, their use of Korean language is limited in a daily conversation. Consequently, the lack of language training and learning combined with written language, they do not properly express a written mode. Despite the fact that ‘one-side use of spoken language’ shown in the writing of Korean-American Korean Learner has been the continuously exposed problem, a comprehensive analysis in order to solve the problem is inadequate. Hence, this study examines the writings of Korean-American students showing spoken language style in a comprehensive and quantitative method in four aspects of lexis & word form, syntax, phonemics and pragmatics. Consequently, the study shows various spoken expressions and high spoken language rate of 19.17%. Through this study, it is possible that we can construct basic data of a writing instruction and find the guidance of writing education for Korean-American Korean Learners.