• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.681-689
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• 2015

This study aims to survey the effectiveness of the international distance learning between Korean and Japanese university students. This research is based on NWCCDL (Namseoul-Waseda Cross-Cultural Distance Learning) project in the spring semester, 2015. This project is the cross-cultural distance learning project between N University in Korea and W University in Japan, and the most important thing of this project is that this project is manipulated through the utilization of ICT. This research consists with two parts: the first is to introduce the NWCCDL project; the participants' information, and the contents and procedure of the on-line chatting program, and BBS(Bulletin Board System) activities. The second is to review on the students' satisfaction for the project and the utilization of ICT in English language education context. The analytic results of the questionnaire includes the students' satisfaction on this project and their reflection on the effectiveness of using ICT in English language classroom of Korea. The results prove that the most of the students are satisfied with the NWCCDL Project in the spring semester, 2015 and the most of the students agree with the fact that the utilization of ICT is very effective in English language education of Korea.

• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.83-129
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• 2003

This study explains a cooperative project between Kangwon National University (KNU) and Waseda University(WU), so called CCDLP (Cross-Cultural Distance Learning Project). The purpose of this project is to enhance the English proficiency of students at both universities by making their learning environments enjoyable and fruitful. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the role of CCDL in the EFL classroom by discussing (1) how to create the situations where students at both universities get to know and understand each other through modern technologies, (2) how to encourage the students to work closely together VC (Video Conferencing), TeleMeet, chat systems, and e-mail, and (3) how to provide a new style of learning and teaching L2. The results from a questionnaire and a grammaticality judgment test show that students have a sense of satisfaction and achievement in the English proficiency at the end of the project. The result of this project will be of great importance for future works in the use of communication systems in L2 learning and teaching.

• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• no.3
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• pp.203-229
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• 1997

This paper is to examine a desirable and promising approach to an effective English teaching in elementary schools. Teachers' understanding English curriculum, teaching methodology, language skills-listening and speaking, and their testing of spoken communication is necessary for students' better learning in their English classes. Thus detailed explanations of English curriculum are presented, and background knowledge of major traditional teaching methods as well as recent trends is discussed. Especially, for the purpose of developing students' English communicative proficiency. classroom teaching and testing techniques of listening and speaking are also discussed with examples.

• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.139-160
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• 2011

This study examines correlations between affective variables and English learners' achievement in native teachers' classes. Specifically, it aims to study the relationships among Korean college students' English learning motivation, anxiety, WTC (willingness to communicate) and their English achievement scores. For the purpose, the questionnaire surveys were conducted, and the students' English scores were analyzed and compared. The participants were 216 university students taking the general English courses as a requirement for graduation. The results indicated that although the students had high level motivation to learn English, especially for social reasons, their WTC in and outside the classroom was low. Also, unlike the previous studies on foreign language anxiety, their anxiety level was not significant. Anxiety and motivation were negatively correlated; WTC and motivation were positively correlated. However, according to the regression analysis, the explanatory power of the three affective variables was not significant for the students' achievement scores. Several possible reasons and some pedagogical implications are provided in the conclusion.

• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.321-346
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• 2010

This study was performed to develop a task-based English lesson plan. The study reviewed the background theories needed to accomplish the study purpose; types of learning, current trends in English teaching, and the task-based teaching. A frame for the task-based English lesson was developed as the result of this study. An actual task-based lesson plan was made after the frame for the task-based English lesson. The author presented task-based English lesson plans at English education conferences, and applied them to pre-teacher training and in-service trainings for English teachers. It is concluded that the task-based English lesson plan was very effective in enhancing English communicative competence and that the pre-teachers and teachers were satisfied with the lesson plans. It is hoped that more teaching material will be developed based on this task-based English lesson plan.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.165-166
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 대학 영어교육을 위한 효과적인 교수학습설계를 통해서 학습자 중심의 학습 환경을 조성하고 학생들이 상호협력과 자기주도적인 학습을 통해 영어학습의 결과를 극대화할 수 있도록 할 수 있는 학습자 중심의 교수학습방법의 실행절차와 수업전략들을 알아보는 것이다. 기존의 강의중심 혹은 설명중심의 교수방법에서 벗어나 학습자주도의 교수학습방법을 대학영어교육에 적용함으로써 이러한 노력이 학생들의 영어 학습 경험과 상호 작용하는 교실 역학에 어떻게 영향을 주는지를 살펴보고 또한 다양한 디지털 학습관리시스템과 상호작용기반의 교수학습방법에 대한 학생들의 인식과 태도를 알아봄으로써 영어 학습에 효과적인 방향을 제시하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2017.05a
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• pp.139-140
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• 2017

본 연구는 공과대학 학생들이 배우는 전공영어로서의 특수목적영어(ESP)에 대해 코퍼스 기반 접근법의 유용성을 논하고자 한다. 이에 본 연구에서는 공과대학에서 사용하는 전공텍스트를 코퍼스로 구축하여 컴퓨터에 기반한 분석에서 나온 결과들을 제시하면서 공학영어 코퍼스의 특성을 살펴보고 궁극적으로 영어매개수업을 듣는 공대학생들의 데이터 기반 학습에 일조하고자 한다. 본 연구에서 사용된 목표 코퍼스는 세부전공과 상관없이 공통적으로 적용되는 공학과목을 선정하여 구축되었고 비교대상인 참조 코퍼스는 British National Corpus를 사용하였다. 공학영어 코퍼스는 총 단어 180만개, 단어 유형 만 6천여개로 이루어졌고 코퍼스 분석도구인 AntConc 3.4.4를 이용하여 빈도 분석과 키워드 분석이 수행되었다. 고빈도수 어휘의 분석결과 목표 코퍼스와 참조 코퍼스에서 가장 빈번하게 나타나는 어휘군은 내용어(content words)보다는 기능어(function words) 형태가 많다는 점이 나타났고 내용어군만 분석결과 참조코퍼스에 비해 공학영어 코퍼스에 과학영역의 변이어가 많이 분포하고 있음이 드러났다. 또한 키워드 분석에서는 공학영어 코퍼스의 키워드 동사군이 전문적인 어휘(technical vocabulary)보다는 비전문적인 학술적 어휘(non-technical academic vocabulary)가 상대적으로 많이 분포되어 있음이 드러나 ESP교육을 실시함에 있어서 전공관련 전문영어와 함께 일반적인 학술 영어에 대한 인식을 고양해야 할 필요성이 대두된다.

• Smart Media Journal
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.142-151
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• 2023

This study is a case study on investigating students' learning behavior in the online English reading class of an on-off course. For this purpose, a survey was conducted on a total of 77 students from an English listening and reading course and phone interview with 5 students was implemented. The findings revealed that regularity of learning interval and learning sequence need to be improved through student management in order to increase the effect of online learning. In case of lecture watching, the students are good at utilizing the strengths of taped lecture, such as using pause and repeating watching. However, more research need to be done on how to develop online lecture to enhance students' understanding of the lecture. Regarding the offline review quiz that is supposed to stimulate students into their more positive watching of the lecture, it is suggested that a few of its related elements such as the online learning period and the number of quiz questions be corrected for its better effect.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.770-779
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• 2016

The study aimed to investigate what difficulties and needs North Korean refugee college students have in their college English programs and what they experience over an English tutoring program offered by pre-service English teachers. Before the tutoring started, a survey was conducted to examine the current difficulties and needs 100 NK refugee college students had. After the survey, six NK refugee college students and 12 pre-service English teachers participated in the tutoring on the voluntary basis. The survey questionnaires were analyzed statistically, and the effects of the tutoring program were analyzed qualitatively. The results show that NK refugee students reported the severe difficulties in learning English, their increased awareness of the slightly improved English skills over the tutoring program, the increased awareness of their affects, and the increased awareness of their linguistics development at the end of the tutoring. Pedagogical implications for supporting NK refugee college students are discussed.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.169-174
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to analyze Korean college students' perceptions of interactions and senses of community, among students, and instructors and students as they took face-to-face classes by the time students and instructors came back to the classroom. Forty-nine college students participated in the study, and all of them had experienced non-face-to-face classes during the last two years from 2020 through 2021. They responded to the revised Rovai (2002)'s Classroom Community Scale (CCS), and the data were analyzed using a frequency analysis. The findings of data analysis showed that the students positively perceived the class contents and teaching formats of face-to-face classes, in terms of understanding and concentration on the class. On the other hand, it was found out that the students would still need more time for being familiar with face-to-face classes, and their affective variables of the educational environment should be considered.