• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1-25
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• 2011

This research primarily aimed to investigate proficient and less proficient EFL readers' awareness and experiences about learning to read and reading in English. The secondary purpose was to explore the participants' reading strategies, and to discover how the genres of English texts influence their reading processing behaviors. The participants consisted of four college students in engineering aged 21-25 years. Three data sources were employed: questionnaires, interviews, and think-alouds. The findings revealed that: (1) the proficient EFL readers judged themselves to be good readers, while the less proficient EFL readers judged themselves to be fair readers; (2) unknown vocabulary was perceived to be the major impediment to reading comprehension; the think-aloud data, however, demonstrated that unknown vocabulary did not significantly interfere with their reading comprehension; (3) regardless of the genre of the text, the participants employed similar reading strategies; (4) the participants were more likely to tolerate ambiguity and predict the content when reading the narrative text than the expository text; (5) there was no set of strategies that distinguished proficient EFL readers from less proficient EFL readers; and (6) when identifying problems, the proficient EFL readers used fix-up strategies more effectively and were better able to provide satisfactory solutions than their counterparts. Pedagogical implications for EFL reading instruction are discussed.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2007

The study examined the effects of explicit derivational morphology instruction (henceforth DMI) on the incidental vocabulary acquisition and reading comprehension of 132 Korean 1st-year high school students who responded to a battery of tests (two vocabulary tests and a reading comprehension test). Multiple statistical tools were used to analyze the data: Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Simple Regression Analysis, Tests of Simple Main Effects, and effect size computation using Cohen's d. The results indicated that (a) DMI enhanced students' ability to infer word meanings in context, (b) DMI promoted high proficiency students' reading comprehension, whereas it impeded intermediate proficiency students' reading comprehension, (c) vocabulary knowledge has a strong positive predictive value for reading comprehension, and (d) the gaps of vocabulary knowledge across proficiency levels were still substantial, despite the observation that DMI promoted students' vocabulary acquisition. These results have a bearing on English as Foreign Language (EFL) reading pedagogy.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.85-106
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• 2012

This paper examines the role of extensive reading in foreign language learning classrooms. The effects of extensive reading are shown both positive and negative as in Krashen (1999) and Spada (1997), particularly researches done in classroom setting. Extensive reading is hard to implement in foreign language classrooms due to the stringent school curricula despite its benefits in cognitive and affective domain of learners. This study searched 21 papers from research database on extensive reading researches in a classroom setting and synthesized 55 cognitive effects and 11 affective effects from these papers under investigation in a manner of quantifying their means and standard deviations to derive generalizations. Research synthesis in this manner has secured its own status of scientific investigation by providing secondary researchers with replicable methods that produce verifiable findings. The syntheses of researches show that extensive reading is effective in both literacy skills and other language skills such as listening and writing. It also shows positive effects across different age groups, but the effect sizes are different in that elementary and adults gained more positive effects than middle and high school students.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.419-428
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 영어 읽기수업에서 스마트폰과 페이스북 활용이 학생들의 능동적인 수업참여를 유도하는지와 이러한 수업을 설계할 때 고려할 점은 무엇인지 파악하는 것이다. Practical English listening and reading 과목에서 학생들은 수업활동을 수행하기 위하여 스마트폰을 사용하였고 수업활동의 결과를 페이스북에 게시하여 다 함께 보면서 강의를 들었다. 스마트폰은 주로 인터넷을 검색하는 용도로 활용되었고 페이스북은 수업을 LMS 역할을 하였다. 학기 초 사전설문은 수업활동 과제를 설계하는데 이용되었고 학기말에 사후설문과 학생들의 인터뷰를 통해서 수업방식에 대한 학생들의 의견을 수렴하였다. 연구결과 본 ICT 활용 수업방식은 학생들의 능동적인 수업 참여를 유도하였음을 알 수 있었다. 고려할 점은 수업활동 범위 좁히기, 여유 있는 수업 진행, 수업활동의 절차 및 의의에 대한 충분한 설명, 교내 LMS 사용을 고려, 사이버 한눈팔기에 대한 대책 마련으로 나타났다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.241-249
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 영어 듣기와 읽기 수업을 위한 블렌디드 러닝에서 학생들의 학습행태를 파악함으로써 그 교육적 효과를 진단하는 사례연구이다. 연구대상은 Academic English Listening and Reading 과목을 수강했던 75명의 학생이며 연구도구는 2차례 실시한 설문이다. 연구 결과 영어듣기를 위한 온라인 수업에서 학생들은 스크립트를 보거나 교수 동영상 강의를 보고 듣기 퀴즈를 풀고 있었으며, 예습의 역할을 하고 있는 스크립트 요약 과제의 경우 번역본을 찾아보는 등의 바람직하지 않은 학습행태를 형성했음을 알 수 있었다. 반면 오프라인 수업에서 학생들은 조별활동에 성실하게 참여했으며 교수 해설 강의에 잘 집중하는 모습을 보여주었다. 따라서 학생들의 바람직하지 않은 온라인 수업의 학습행태를 감안할 때 이 블렌디드 러닝은 면대면 수업에 비하여 교육적 효과가 떨어진다고 판단되었다. 이에 이러한 부정적인 학습행태를 개선하기 위한 해결책들을 논의하였다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.157-176
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• 2007

Based on the consensus that vocabulary plays an essential role in improving reading ability, the present study investigates the effects of two different methods of English vocabulary instruction - the traditional wordlist-based vocabulary instruction (G1) and the collocation-based vocabulary instruction (G2) - on improving English reading ability for high school learners. First, the results of the collocation test revealed that G1 and G2 groups attained similar mean scores on the pretests; however, G2 significantly outperformed G1 on the post-test administered at the end of the learning activity. The results proved that students who learned vocabulary in a collocation-oriented setting had better retention through the lexical-chunking achieved by the collection method. Second, in terms of reading comprehension achieved on nationwide academic trial tests, the result was, after considering more tests, that G2 gained a significantly higher mean score on the third and fourth than G1 did, although the two groups yielded a similar mean score on the first and second test. The implication of these results is that collocation-based vocabulary activities had a more significant influence on reading skills than wordlist-oriented ones.

• 한국문헌정보학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.395-415
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 '공공어린이도서관'에서 진행되는 영어독서프로그램의 타당성, 문제점 및 효과성을 평가하고 영어독서프로그램의 효과적인 운영방안을 제안하였다. 이를 위해 전국 공공어린이도서관의 영어독서프로그램에 대한 운영 현황을 조사하였다. 또한 영어독서프로그램 운영사례로 서울시 소재 공공어린이도서관인 'S 어린이도서관'의 학부모 및 프로그램 참가 아동을 대상으로 영어독서프로그램에 대한 인식 및 만족도에 대한 설문조사 및 프로그램 관찰을 수행하였다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 영어독서프로그램에 대한 개선 방안을 도출하였다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.207-221
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• 2012

This study examines the importance of learning language and cultural integration in general English class focused on TOEIC reading comprehension. The understanding of cultural learning and learners' cultural awareness has long been a subject of debate. This study was not only to analyze the improvement of students' interest and reading comprehension ability of TOEIC through cultural learning, but also to ensure students who learn American culture overcome cross-cultural miscommunication and improve their English reading comprehension skills. Pre-post surveys and the pre-post TOEIC tests were used to measure language proficiency and American cultural knowledge to two groups: the experimental and control group. The results from the study were as follows: First, students had better TOEIC scores with improved motivation after understanding American culture relevant to the lessons. Second, reading comprehension skills with regards to TOEIC also improved, compared with the students who were not exposed to American culture due to lack of opportunity.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.153-169
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• 2012

This study reviews an English enhancement course implemented for medical and nursing college students of 2011 to improve their standardized English test scores. A total of 117 first-year students underwent the pre-test and the post-TOEIC in November 2011. After the pre-test, lectures on listening enhancement strategies and problem solving tactics on reading comprehension were supplemented with 4 times of enhancement-tests. Their pre- and post-TOEIC results were compared to see if such enhancement strategies were effective to improve their TOEIC scores. It was further to investigate, through survey questionnaires, how the subjects felt about a number of pre-test-type TOEIC exercise with what-to-listen and how-to-infer listening strategies and pattern-drill practices for reading comprehension. It was found that the scores of listening comprehension improved significantly for both major students whereas reading scores showed slight decrease among nursing majors. It is concluded that administering numerous pre-test-type-TOEIC exercise is effective for students to improve their listening scores supplemented with listening strategies Also, students' response showed positive toward the enhancement course.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.181-210
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• 2007

This study is to suggest systematic and effective reading comprehension techniques or strategies to be used in EFL reading classes. According to the definition of reading and reading process, six essential elements of reading comprehension are categorized: 1) reading speed; 2) skimming and scanning; 3) logical organization; 4) pleasure reading; 5) vocabulary; 6) cultural background and world knowledge. To present a more effective teaching and learning approach to EFL reading comprehension than ever, an experiment was performed. The hypothesis of the experimental study was that there would be a difference in students' reading speed as well as reading comprehension and vocabulary between an experimental group and a control group depending upon the teaching approaches (experimental vs. traditional). The result of the study indicates that the experimental teaching approach which intensifies speed reading and pleasure reading techniques as well as 4 other essential techniques of reading comprehension is more effective than the traditional one in teaching and learning reading comprehension.