• 영어어문교육
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• 제6호
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• pp.219-239
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• 2000

There has been a growing enthusiasm in Korea for the early education of English as a foreign language (EFL). The present study examined the validity of the Critical Period Hypothesis in terms of the Universal Grammar (UG), in three different types of learning contexts - first language (L1), second language (SL), and foreign language (FL) learning contexts. While previous research findings in L1 and SL learning contexts suggest that UG principles and parameters are accessible to language learners only for the early years of lifetime, this article argues that their results - and even the methods - cannot be applied to EFL settings and that independent studies on the EFL context are, required. It also proposes the recent UG notion of functional categories as the most appropriate subject in the discussion of Korean EFL learners' access to UG. Findings on foreign language contexts, including the author's own, strongly indicate that UG is not sensitive to learners' starting ages in FL settings. If young children in FL contexts cannot develop their interlanguage grammar based on UG, the existing teaching methods for young children should be revised.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제31권
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• pp.395-414
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• 2013

EPS-TOPIK is a test of Korean proficiency which is enforced at the level of Korean government for the selection of competent foreign workers. Therefore, it must ensure validity and reliability, and practicability as a language assessment tool. For seeking a way of developing EPS-TOPIK, in this paper, the current state of EPS-TOPIK was investigated based upon the materials published by the Korean government, and the questions of EPS-TOPIK were analysed. Together with this, newspaper articles both in Korea and in foreign countries were also analyzed, and the directors of the EPS center abroad were interviewed. According to the survey results, as expected, the local environment of Korean education is poor in a number of ways to improve the Korean communication skills of foreign workers, as well as to prepare the EPS-TOPIK. To improve the efficiency of the EPS-TOPIK and to enhance the Korean communication skills of foreign workers, the Korean language institutions including the King Sejong Institute, which are in charge of the Korean language education should closely cooperate with the Human Resources Development Service of Korea, which is responsible for all of the influx of foreign workers.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.75-83
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 외국어 학습 영역인 영어 듣기와 말하기 평가를 웹과 VoiceXML 기반 교육 평가 시스템을 이용하여 장소와 시간적 제한을 받지 않고 평가하는 방법을 연구하였다. VoiceXML 기반교육 평가 시스템은 사용자 등록 모듈, 평가 모듈, 평가 결과 모듈로 구성된다. 사용자 등록 모듈은 사용자 이름과 아이디, 비밀번호를 사용자 데이터베이스에 등록하여, 학습자가 평가를 하기 위해 전화를 했을 때 vxml 시나리오에 의해 제공되어지는 음성을 듣고 로그인을 하여 사용자를 확인할 수 있도록 하였다. VoiceXML 기반 전화 평가 시스템에서 출제자는 문제 출제와 평가, 평가 결과를 얻기 위한 시간, 노력을 경감할 수 있으며, 학습자는 언제 어디서나 유무선 전화기를 이용하여 VoiceXML 마크업 언어로 제공되는 시나리오에 의해 대화형 음성으로 제공되는 평가 문항을 듣고 직접 음성으로 평가함으로써 외국어 학습에 대한 효과를 올릴 수 있다.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2010

최근 효율적인 외국어 학습 및 진단을 위해 외국어학습의 뇌공학적 접근이 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문은 기존의 지필고사를 대체할 수 있는 뇌공학적 외국어 능숙도 진단 도구를 개발하는 것을 목표로 이를 위해 기존 언어심리학 과제에서 주로 사용되었던 테스트들을 기반으로 외국어 능숙도 진단을 위한 도구를 개발 하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 도구들은 학습자의 기억능력, 이해능력, 산출능력을 5가지 테스트를 통하여 대뇌의 정보처리 양상을 간접적으로 측정한다.

• 한국어교육
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.273-296
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• 2017

This study focuses on a review of Hangeul orthography guidelines in Korean language regulations. It is indispensable to revise the guidelines thoroughly because it has been more than 80 years since a unified plan of Korean orthography was established in 1933, which the current orthography is based on. Also, it has been approximately 30 years since 1989, when the current guidelines were issued and promulgated. The viewpoint towards this review reflects the requirements by education fields of Korean as a foreign language and modern Korean users. Hangeul orthography consists of six clauses, along with an appendix regarding punctuation marks: 1) general rules, 2) consonants and vowels, 3) related to sounds, 4) about forms, 5) spacing between words, and 6) miscellaneous. This paper examined individual clauses and specific usages of the clauses, in terms of Korean as a foreign language. Based on the review, this paper suggests the following tasks in order to establish a draft of Hangeul orthography for foreigners. A. Among the individual clauses, some clauses that embody vocabulary education aspects should be addressed in a Korean dictionary, and deleted in Hangeul orthography guidelines. B. The clauses of Hangeul orthography guidelines should be edited for revision and substitution where necessary. C. The usage of individual clauses should be replaced with more appropriate examples aligned with everyday conversation. D. In order to establish 'Hangeul orthography for foreigners', linguists should continuously review several chapters and the appendix of Hangeul orthography, such as components about forms, spacing between words, miscellaneous, and punctuation marks. The purpose of this review is to pursue the simplicity of Hangeul orthography guidelines and the practicality in terms of reflecting more realistic examples. This review contributes to facilitate Korean language usage not only for non-native learners, but also native users.

• 한국보육지원학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.81-101
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• 2009

본 연구는 1990년부터 2008년까지 8개의 유아교육 및 아동학 관련학회지에 발표된 영어교육/이중언어 관련 논문을 37편의 연구대상, 방법, 주제, 변인의 일반적인 경향을 살펴보았다. 또한 이러한 연구들이 가설 검증을 통해 경험적으로 도달한 결론들을 무엇인지 분석하였다. 그 결과, 유아교육/아동학계에서 가장 관심 있게 다루어진 주제들은 영어교육 경험과 유아의 발달, 유아기 영어교육 실태 및 인식, 그리고 영어교육프로그램의 개발 및 효과임을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 가정환경변인과 영어교육/이중언어 발달을 다룬 연구는 소수에 그쳤으며, 이른바 '영어유치원'을 적극적으로 탐색한 연구는 한 편도 없었다. 경험적으로 증명된 결론들을 요약하면, 이중언어 아동들의 언어발달의 양상은 단일언어 아동과는 약간 다를 수 있으나 일정한 연령에 도달하면 단일언어 아동과 유사한 언어능력을 갖게 되는 것으로 보고되었다. 또한 외국어로 유아교육기관에서 영어를 배울 경우 연령이 높은 아동들이 어린 아동들보다 영어와 관련된 정보를 더 잘 처리하여 결론적으로 영어학습의 효과가 크게 나타났다. 유아기 때의 영어교육경험이 초등학생들의 영어능력에 미치는 장기적 영향은 관련 연구부족으로 아직 미지수이다. 유아교육기관에서 쉽게 접할 수 있는 교수 매체를 이용한 영어교육프로그램의 개발과 효과검증연구가 여러 편 이루어졌고, 모두 대상프로그램이 어느 정도 효과적이었다고 주장하고 있다. 그러나 연구 설계나 방법이 엄정한 과학적 연구기준에 미치지 못하는 경우가 있으므로 연구결과에 해석에 주의를 요한다. 외국어로서의 영어교육연구와 이중언어발달 연구에서 공통적으로 주장하는 바는 하나 이상의 언어에 노출된 경험은 유아들의 상위언어발달에 긍정적인 영향을 준다는 것이다.

• Korean Journal of Mathematics
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.409-424
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• 2010

We observed the symptoms that occur to students who dislike mathematics when they study mathematics and the data that mathematics is related to foreign language. This study investigated the relation between mathematics and foreign language. Continuous immersion aids not only in acquiring language but also in learning mathematics. For continuous immersion, it is essential to organize small class. We organized small class and compared large class with small class about how the relation between mathematics and language appears in achievement, rate of presence, rate of submission of report, and attitude and enthusiasm. Based on the result, we try to find out the way to increase understanding mathematics and level up the achievements.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제21권12호
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• pp.1526-1533
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• 2018

This study aims to provide implications for mobile foreign language vocabulary learning app by analyzing the effects of mobile vocabulary learning app based on character animation. For this purpose, we applied the learning application designed with character animation and text, and the application designed with text only to two groups of learners, and analyzed the effect. As a result, we found that application designed with character animation and text was useful in recognition frequency and duration concerning learning. Regarding learning outcomes, we found that it is useful not only in memory but also in learning interest and motivation. This study provides implications for learning method and design development of mobile-based foreign language vocabulary learning application which actively using recently.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.54-57
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• 2014

This paper investigated the influence of foreign words, otherwise known as loan words, on global communication abilities of university students from two non English-speaking countries: Korea and Japan. To survey the understanding and usage of foreign words which are from English language and used frequently in daily conversation, questionnaires were administered to Korean and Japanese university students majoring in engineering who shared similar linguistic backgrounds. The results were analyzed from global communication viewpoint. Based on the results, methods for improving global communication skills in engineering education were proposed.

• 한국어교육
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.53-84
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• 2018

The main purpose of this study is to investigate foreigners' perception regarding Korean business culture and Korean business culture education. People who participated in this study are six foreign workers after studying at the university or graduate school in Korea. A phenomenological qualitative research method was used in this study in order to elicit life experiences from foreign workers who were working in Korea business companies. Therefore, their experience regarding Korean business culture and business culture education were measured by in-depth interviews. This study shows that nun-chi, vertical relationships, and impatience of Koreans are the most difficult culture to foreign workers. They also feel difficulties regarding Koreans' lack of understanding about other cultures. Moreover, these were not difficult components within school life; rather, the most difficult aspects were that they have never learned about the Korean business culture before getting a job. The results show that international students who want to work in Korea companies need to study about the culture of Korean business and revealed the desirability to learn. These results can be used as a foundation for understanding some contents and criterion of Korean business culture and education.