• 영어어문교육
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• 제3호
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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.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.245-259
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• 2009

The purpose of this study was to investigate English teachers' perceptions about doing their own action research to find out the benefits of involvement in action research. I believe that teachers should engage in curriculum research and development because it relates to their own classrooms and because a primary aim for teacher education program is to give teachers ways of exploring their own classrooms. I focused on 17 graduate students who had undertaken action research during the fall semester of 2007 and administered a questionnaire about their perceptions of doing action research. The results revealed that their perceptions of doing action research fell into the following two categories, positive and negative aspects. For positive aspects, they experienced a sense of personal and professional growth and they underwent identity transformation from passive, etic-oriented, and uncritical to active, emic-oriented, and critical teachers. However, many of them expressed that major obstacles to doing action research were time constraints and lack of skills or training in conducting action research. Thus, it is suggested that both pre- and in-service teachers should consider conducting a language teaching diary study, doing collaborative action research, and acquiring all the necessary skills for conducting action research.

• 음성과학
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.35-46
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• 2006

This study investigated whether there are differences between Korean-English bilingual and Korean monolingual children on phonological awareness skills. Participants were 11 Korean-English bilingual children and 12 Korean monolingual children. The children's ages ranged between 6 and 7 years. The results were as follows. First, the bilingual children significantly outperformed monolingual children on overall phonological awareness tasks. The bilinguals performed significantly higher than monolinguals on all three types of phonological awareness tasks (segmentation, deletion, and blending). Second, there was a significant difference between the groups with respect to phonological units of the tasks. The bilinguals performed significantly better than monolinguals on the phonemic unit tasks, but two groups did not differ significantly on syllabic unit tasks. There was an interaction effect between unit size(syllables and phonemes) and group (bilinguals and monolinguals). Third, there were correlations for both bilingual and monolingual children between overall phonological awareness skills and word recognition skills.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.49-66
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• 2003

This paper explores the language acquisition mechanism within a recent theoretical nativist framework that assumes some computational principles. We will review previous accounts of the logical problem of language acquisition, arguing that language acquisition is part of general cognitive mechanism or at least associated with maturation of cognitive skills. For a theoretical framework, we will adopt the minimalist program and its principles. To support our theoretical argument, we will introduce empirical evidence from ESL (English as a Second Language) and SLI (Specific Language Impairment) data. The two types of data will illustrate that there might be some relationship between the development of language skills and that of the cognitive skills.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.293-312
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• 2011

Many immersion programs have been established and managed throughout Korea in recent years in schools, English villages and camps. Research on the effects of various programs has been reported with focus on the program types or the benefits and learning outcomes for the participants. The purpose of this study is to find out the effects of participation at English camp as a teaching assistant by comparing some factors such as competence, English abilities, and connection to current studies/career before and after camp experience. The results show that all 17 competence rates rose with 'crisis management' showing prominent change. Also, the camp experience provides opportunity for improving English Test scores, conversational skills, teaching skills, and mostly language confidence. Lastly, the camp helped in setting career goals and was helpful in the preparation process of job seeking. Most of the subjects, the teaching assistants at camp, replied that the impact of camp experience is useful in current studies/career. In conclusion, the experience as camp teaching assistant is valuable in many aspects.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.35-50
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• 2005

Thirty six EFL freshman students at the College of Languages and Translation, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia were given a dictation, a listening comprehension test and a decoding test. The purpose of the study was to find out whether EFL freshmen students' spelling ability correlates with their listening comprehension and decoding skills. Data analysis showed that the typical EFL freshman student misspelled 41.5% of the words on the dictation, gave 49.5% correct responses on the listening comprehension test, and 52% correct responses on the decoding test. The median and mean scores showed that the subjects' spelling, listening and decoding achievement is low, which implied that the subjects were having spelling, listening comprehension and decoding difficulties. The students' spelling errors and correct listening comprehension and decoding responses revealed strong correlations between spelling ability, listening comprehension and decoding skills. This means that good spelling ability in EFL is related to good listening comprehension and good decoding skills. The better the listening comprehension and decoding abilities, the fewer the spelling errors. When listening comprehension and decoding skills are poor, spelling ability is also poor. Recommendations for spelling, listening and decoding instruction are given.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2020

PBL(Problem-Based Learning)에서 가장 중요하며 학습자들의 창의성 및 문제 해결 능력을 성공적으로 이끄는 열쇠는 문제 개발하는 것이다. 본 연구의 목적은 PBL 수업을 효과적으로 운영하기 위해 문제 개발 절차를 구체화하고 초등학교 영어과학 수업에 적합한 PBL학습의 문제를 개발하는 것이다. 본 연구에서 문제 개발을 위해 교육 내용 파악 단계, 학습자 특성 파악 단계, 문제 발견 단계, 역할과 상황 설정 단계, 문제 작성 단계로 요약할 수 있다. 이와 같은 문제 개발 단계를 바탕으로 Y 초등학교에서 시행되고 있는 영어 교과 과정 중 하나인 영어과학 수업에서 PBL 학습법이 적합한 주제를 선정하여 5개의 문제를 개발하였다. 여전히 많은 영어 교육 현장에서 이루어지고 있는 교사 중심 수업, 모범 답안을 위한 지식 습득, 획일적인 평가가 아닌 21세기 급격히 변화하고 있는 사회에 반드시 요구되는 창의적 사고, 문제 해결 능력, 발표력, 자신감, 자기 주도적 학습 능력, 협동심, 의사소통능력 향상을 위해 PBL 학습법에 적합한 문제 개발은 지속해서 연구되어야 한다.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.559-564
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• 2020

영어가 세계 공용어로 자리매김 됨과 더불어 다양한 방면에서 급격히 변화하고 있는 현대사회가 추구하는 인재상을 기르기 위해 본 논문은 PBL 학습법을 영어과학 수업에 적용하였다. PBL 수업을 위하여 직접 PBL 문제를 개발하여 수업에 적용하였으며 PBL 학습 효과를 확인하였다. 본 논문의 연구 대상은 외국어 특성화 교육이 중점이 되어 각 학년당 수준별로 나뉘어 분반 수업으로 진행되는 A 초등학교의 4학년 상반에 속한 7명 학습자를 대상으로 1학기 동안 5개의 PBL 문제 활동이 모두 끝난 후 PBL 학습에 대한 설문을 받았다. 연구 결과는 PBL 활동을 통해 발표력 향상 86%, 학습에 대한 흥미도 86%, 학습에 대한 이해력 향상 86%, 문제해결능력 향상 100%, 협동력 100% 효과를 학습자들이 경험할 수 있었다. 반면에 처음 접한 활동이라 이해하기 어려움, 문제에 이해에 대한 어려움, 인터넷을 통한 자료조사에 대한 어려움이 도출되었다. PBL 학습은 학습자들에게 다소 생소하였으나 활동을 통해 중요성 및 효과성을 인식하고 있었으며 큰 관심을 보인 점을 보았을 때 교육 현장에서는 더욱 PBL 적용에 힘써야 하는 큰 시사점을 준다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권8호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2019

본 연구는 인공지능 챗봇을 활용한 채팅 활동이 국내 대학생의 영어 문법 능력 향상에 미치는 영향을 조사한 것으로, 챗봇과의 채팅을 통해 실험 참가자의 영어 문법 능력이 실제로 상승하는지에 대한 여부를 알아보는 데 그 목적이 있다. 총 16주 동안 70명의 참가자가 챗봇 그룹과 인간 그룹으로 나뉘어 본 연구에 참여하였고, 참여인원은 각각 36명, 34명이었다. 챗봇 그룹은 수업시간에 배운 내용을 주제로 챗봇과의 채팅에 참여하였고, 인간 그룹은 같은 반 학생들끼리 짝지어 채팅을 진행하였다. 채팅 활동의 효과를 파악하기 위하여 본 연구 시작 전과 종료 후, 사전 사후 영어 문법 시험을 실시하였고, 그룹 간 비교를 위하여 독립표본 t검증을 실시하였다. 주요 결과 및 시사점은 다음과 같다. 사전 사후 평가 분석 결과, 두 그룹 모두에서 영어 문법 능력이 유의미하게 상승한 것으로 나타나 채팅 활동의 효과를 증명하였다. 문법 능력 상승에 대한 그룹 간 차이 역시 통계적으로 유의미한 것으로 밝혀져 국내 영어 교육에 있어서 챗봇의 긍정적인 역할을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 영어 문법 능력 향상을 위한 인공지능 챗봇 활용에 대한 시사점을 제시하는데 그 의의를 갖는다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.25-45
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• 2007

In this article, I discuss an International Collaborative Writing Course on the Internet (ICWCI) that focused on the learning effectiveness Korean EFL students (KEFLSs) perceived to be necessary to exchange with international EFL students (IEFLSs). The course development was based on an internet-based instructional module, applying widely accepted EFL theories for modern foreign language instruction: collaborative learning, process writing, project-based learning, and integrated approaches. Data from online discussion forum, mid-of-semester and end-of-semester surveys, and final oral interviews are conducted and discussed. KEFLSs and IEFLSs were questioned about (a) changes in attitude towards computers assisted language learning (CALL); (b) effect of computer background on motivation; (c) perception of their acquired writing skills; and (d) attitude towards collaborative learning. The result of this study demonstrated that the majority of ICWCI participants said they enjoyed the course, gained fruitful confidence in English communication and computer skills, and felt that they made significant progress in writing skills. In spite of positive benefits created by the ICWCI, it was found that there were some issues that are crucial to run appropriate networked collaborative courses. This study demonstrates that participants' computer skills, basic language proficiency, and local time differences are important factors to be considered when incorporating the ICWCI as these may affect the quality of online instructional courses and students' motivation toward network based collaboration interaction.