• Korea journal of population studies
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.255-286
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• 2001

The development of language skills among immigrants is important for their economic adjustment in their host societies since language is an important dimension of the skill levels of immigrants relevant for the labor markets of the host countries. Moreover, language plays a key role in the social adjustment of immigrants and in the social and political cohesion particularly in the society like the US that has diverse racial and ethnic groups. The main purposes of the present study are to analyze the determinants of English abilities of Korean and other Asian immigrants in the US. The present study utilizes the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS, S, 5%) in the US. We adopted the ordered probit technique to analyze qualitative differences of English ability. The study found that English fluency increases with a longer duration in the US, the presence of children in the household, living in an area in which a smaller proportion speak ones mother tongue, a younger age at immigration, a higher level of schooling. However, there are marked variations in levels of English proficiency among Asian immigrants.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.18 no.10
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• pp.298-305
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• 2018

The objective of this present study was to investigate the overall effects of strategy instruction on Korean students' English language learning. In order to do so, 55 individual experimental results in 46 journal articles were collected, and a meta-analysis was carried out to them. This study also analyzed the results of studies on strategy instruction according to various variables such as school types, treatment periods, and types of dependent variable. The mean effect size of strategy instruction in English language teaching is .536, which means the medium effects in general. No statistically significant differences were found among various moderators and dependent variables. Based on these results, suggestions for further research are discussed.

• Journal of Engineering Education Research
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.53-60
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• 2010

This article explores how we pursue and operate the English medium instruction(EMI) in engineering colleges so as to educate global engineers. Engineering students in the 21st century society need to have fundamental work in languages, cultural differences, and strategies for working with diverse colleagues. EMI is not sufficient for preparing our engineering students to cope with the changed environments in our globalized society. Based on the case study, we emphasize that EMI needs to be located in the context of global engineering education which demands our understanding of different cultures and communication practices. We also suggest some programs how we develop our EMI circumstances.

• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.71-90
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• 2003

The purpose of this study was to analyze the improvement of students' interest and general proficiency of English through cultural understanding. To achieve this purpose, two classes of the 2nd grade in the informational high school were divided into the experimental class and the control class. The Grammar-Translation Method was used for the control class and a cultural learning - compare and contrast Korean culture and American culture - was taken for the experimental. After various cultural differences were studied, surveys of students' attitude and reading and listening test were taken. The results from this study were as follows: Firstly, students' interest in English was improved through learning the American culture that was related to the content of each lesson. Secondly, English reading and communicative skills were improved by learning about cultural aspects. Therefore, it can be said that teaching culture stimulates students' interest and motivation for learning English and helps students retain such affective attitudes. And English communicative skills were improved as well.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2024.01a
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• pp.281-282
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• 2024

본 논문에서는 사용자들의 운동 능력과 영어 학습 능력 향상을 위한 앱을 개발한다. 지정한 시간에 알람을 울리고, 운동 및 학습을 완료하는 경우에만 알람이 종료한다. 알람이 활성화되면 사용자가 강제적으로 종료할 수 없는 기능을 선택할 수 있다. TTS 기능을 적용하여 알람이 활성화되었을 때, 안내 음성이 나오도록 설계하였다. 학습 기능에 STT를 적용하여 영어 단어와 문장을 마이크에 인식하는 방식의 영어 문제를 제시하였다. 또한, OpenAI를 활용하여 매일 자정 새로운 영어 문제를 생성하고 서버에 저장한다. 이러한 기능들은 사용자의 선택권을 보장하며 건강 증진 및 자기 주도적인 학습에 도움을 줄 것이다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.13 no.11
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• pp.502-509
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• 2013

Even if the need for English education in Korea is on the rise, too various perspectives on English education and the government's lack of consistency in the English education policy are said to be a negative factor in improving the English communication skills. The purpose of this study, in line with the knowledge and information society, is to develop ontology modeling for knowledge map of English education methodology and to make a contribution to English education policy of the country.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2023.11a
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• pp.19-20
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• 2023

영어 교육 시장 확대로 다양한 영어 학습 시스템이 개발되고 있다. 그러나 어휘의 문맥적 이해와 효과적인 학습 방법을 결합한 지능형 어휘 학습 시스템에 대한 연구는 미비하다. 본 연구에서는 임의의 n 개 영어 단어가 한 그룹으로 제시되고, 이들을 모두 포함한 예문을 제공하는 지능형 영어 어휘 학습 시스템을 개발한다. 본 연구에서는 임의의 n 개 영어 단어가 주어졌을 때 문맥에 맞는 영어 예문을 자동으로 생성하는 모델을 개발하였다. 어휘 평가를 바탕으로 자동으로 취약 어휘를 선정하며 학습자들이 해당 어휘를 학습 할 수 있도록 진행한다. 본 연구에서 개발한 지능형 영어 어휘 학습 시스템의 사용성 평가를 위해 설문 검사를 실시하였다. 설문 결과는 문맥 및 어휘 그룹 기반의 지능형 영어 학습 시스템은 사용자들이 사용하기 편리하고 어휘 능력을 향상시키는데 도움이 될 수 있음을 보여준다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.33-38
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• 2020

Problem development is important to Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and is key to the creativity and problem-solving skills of successful learners. The purpose of this study is to have PBL classes that effectively materialize problem development stages, and to develop learning using problems suitable for elementary school English Science classes. In this study, the steps for developing the problems are identifying educational content, identifying learners' characteristics, discovering problems, setting up roles and situations, and writing problems. Based on these steps, five PBL problems were developed by selecting a subject suitable for the PBL method of an English Science class, which is one of the English curriculums in elementary schools. Creative thinking, problem-solving skills, presentation skills, confidence, self-directed learning, cooperation, and communication skills are required in the rapidly changing society of the 21st century, rather than teacher-centered instruction, acquiring knowledge for correct answers only, and uniform assessments, which still take place in many English education settings. Therefore, developing problems suitable for PBL learning should be continuously studied.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.91-100
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for the selection of educational contents when developing a course for cultivating global business communication competence. Reviewing previous studies on sub-elements of global competence, the researcher selected the sub-elements of global business communication competence. A survey was conducted on 148 employees of 20 companies regarding the importance of the sub-elements of global business communication competence. As a result, it was concluded that the sub-elements of relatively high importance-English email writing, reading and understanding of English materials and documents, telephone English, business English conversation, understanding of other cultures, communication skills, business knowledge-should be included in the educational contents of a course for cultivating global business communication competence.

• English Language & Literature Teaching
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.189-208
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to investigate knowledge and use of English collocations in their relation to Korean college students' general English proficiency and writing abilities. Participants in the present study were 203 Korean college students. Their knowledge and use of English collocations were measured by a self-designed collocation test and an essay writing test. The findings were as follows: First, there was a significant difference in students' knowledge of collocations according to their general English proficiency. Students' performance in the collocation test increased as their level of proficiency increased. Second, there was a significant difference in students' knowledge of collocations according to their writing abilities. Students showed better performance in the collocation test as their level of writing abilities increased. Third, there was a significant difference in students' use of collocations according to their writing abilities. Students' collocation use in the writing test increased as their level of writing abilities increased. Fourth, there was a strong relationship between the students' knowledge of collocations and their general English proficiency and between the students' use of collocations and their writing abilities. Pedagogical implications of the study and suggestions for further research were discussed on the basis of the research findings.