English Language & Literature Teaching (영어어문교육)
- Volume 18 Issue 3
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- Pages.121-134
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- 2012
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- 1226-2889(pISSN)
On Optimal Conditions in Setting Up Tasks for the Elementary Classroom: A Case Study of Two Classes
- Kim, Jin-Seok (Seoul National University of Education)
- Received : 20120700
- Published : 2012.09.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the optimal conditions for designing tasks appropriate to the elementary classroom based on the correspondence with the national curriculum, integration among four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), authenticity, and interactivity. For this study, two primary English teachers volunteered to participate in the case study conducted in the spring semester of the 2012 school year. Each class observed was composed of 29 and 30 sixth graders (12-year-old learners). Data were collected through classroom observation and lesson plans. Optimality theory was used to analyze data from the lessons. From the findings, the overall ranking of constraints is Curriculum