• Title/Summary/Keyword: English Speaking Ability

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비영어권국가에서 과학기술분야 콘텐트의 글로벌 유통 (Global Dissemination of Scientific and Technical Information in Non-English Speaking Countries)

  • 노경란;서태설;신기정;최선희;최희윤
    • 한국콘텐츠학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국콘텐츠학회 2008년도 춘계 종합학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.855-858
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    • 2008
  • 21세기 지식기반사회에서는 국가 경쟁력의 척도가 그 나라가 보유한 지식의 가치 창조력이라 할 수 있다. 한국의 국가 및 민간 연구개발(R&D) 투자액은 세계에서 상위를 차지하고 있고, 한국은 선진국과 함께 미래기술을 개발할 수 있는 과학기술선진국으로 분류되어 있다. 그러나 과학기술 글로벌화 수준은 OECD 국가 중 최저 수준에 머물러 있다. 이 논문에서 한국 과학기술 정보를 해외로 유통시키기 위해 비영어권 국가들의 과학기술정보 국제화 노력을 살펴보고, 현재 KISTI가 추진중인 글로벌 유통체제인 KoreaScience를 소개한다.

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3$\sim$6세 아동의 상위음운능력 발달 연구 (Development of Metaphonological Abilities of Korean Children Aged from 3 to 6)

  • 백은아;노동우;석동일
    • 음성과학
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    • 제8권3호
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    • pp.225-234
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    • 2001
  • The Korean Metaphonological Assessment, adapted from the Metaphonological Abilities Battery (MAB; Hesketh, 2000b) was administered to examine the development of metaphonological skills of 60 normally developing Korean pre-school children aged from 3 to 6. The tasks were specifically designed to evaluate their skills to detect rhymes, onsets, and segments. A gradual improvement of total scores was observed in children from 3 to 5, with evidence for developmental refinements of metaphonological abilities in the ages of 5 and 6. Subjects were found to develop segmenting skills at a relatively early age and gradually progressed toward detecting onsets and then rhymes. The differences in the order of development from the previous studies with English-speaking children were discussed. This preliminary study also aimed to provide foundational information for investigating the link between expressive phonological impairments, metaphonolgocial skills, and literacy in Korean-speaking children.

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영어교육에 있어서 영문학의 효용성 (Utility of Literary Works in English Education)

  • 이종복
    • 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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    • 제18권8호
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    • pp.157-165
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    • 2018
  • 이 연구의 목적은 일반 대학생 영어 학습자는 물론 영어교육 전공 대학생들을 위한 영어교육에서 영문학 작품의 활용 방안을 탐색하는 것이다. 영문학 작품은 제2언어는 물론 외국어로서의 영어교육에도 몇 가지 이유에서 매우 유용한 자료이다. 이러한 효용성은 주로 문학 텍스트의 진정성, 문화적, 언어적 가치, 그리고 개인적 감동 등에서 기인한다. 이러한 목적을 위하여 이 논문에서는 영어 교육에서 문학 작품을 활용하는데 있어서 중요한 몇 가지 고려사항들을 살펴 볼 것이다. 이러한 고려사항은 외국어 교실에서 활용할 적절한 문학 텍스트의 선정과 관련된 고려사항들, 문학과 언어 기능의 교수 학습 방법들로서 영어교육에서의 읽기, 쓰기, 듣기 말하기 교육론에 관한 고려사항들을 포함한다. 이러한 고려 사항들은 영어교육에 영문학을 전문적으로 접목하는 이른바 영문학 교육론의 기초가 될 것이다.

초급 외국인 학습자와 계승어 학습자의 상호작용 비교 연구 -형태 초점 양상을 중심으로- (A Comparative Study on Differences in Interaction between Beginning Foreign Learners and Heritage Learners: Focused on Form)

  • 이복자
    • 한국어교육
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    • 제29권3호
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    • pp.197-225
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    • 2018
  • The purpose of this study is to compare the difference in the interactions between beginning language learners and heritage learners on their forms based on the interaction hypothesis. In this study, three types of information gap activities were used to analyze Language Related Episodes (LREs) while investigating the interaction patterns in language use between four pairs (eight learners) of foreign learners and four pairs (eight learners) of English-speaking heritage learners. The result indicated that foreign learners had a high focus on form during interaction. In particular, they had a tendency to focus on vocabulary rather than grammar, and they conducted self-repair by examining and mostly adjusting their speech to postposition and tense. However, in the problem-solving process, they showed a limited ability in interaction, and thus directly asked others to settle the problem or resorted to using English due to their lack of ability to employ various communication strategies. However, heritage learners had a relatively low focus on form compared to foreign learners. Yet, they also focused more on vocabulary rather than grammar and conducted self-repair in interaction, especially for vocabulary. In addition, they were skillful at using various communication strategies such as indirect expressions, use of alternative words, evasion, and delaying, to expand speech and prevent communication breakdown. They focused less on grammar and mostly did not provide negative feedback in interaction.

On the Relationship between College Students' Attitude toward the Internet and their Self-directed English Learning Ability

  • Park, Kab-Yong;Sung, Tae-Soo;Joo, Chi-Woon
    • 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.117-123
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    • 2018
  • This article is to investigate the possibility that project-based classes introducing mobile phones can replace the monotony of traditional classes led by teachers as well as they can encourage students to take active part in the classes to some extent. The students in groups choose a genre for their own video projects (e.g., movie, drama, news, documentary, and commercial) and produce the video contents using a mobile phone for presentation made at the end of a semester. In the sense that the students are allowed to do video-based mobile phone projects, they can work independently outside of class, where time and space are more flexible and students are free from the anxiety of speaking or acting in front of an audience. A mobile phone project consists of around five stages done both in and outside of the classroom. All of these stages can be graded independently, including genre selection, drafting of scripts, peer review and revision, rehearsals, and presentation of the video. Feedback is given to students. After the presentation, students filled out a survey questionnaire sheet devised to analyze students' responses toward preferences and level of difficulty of the project activity. Finally, proposals are made for introduction of a better mobile phone-based project classes.

한국간호사들이 경험한 미국병원에서의 언어장애 극복 과정 (Overcoming Langage Barrier by Korean Nurses in U.S. Hospital Settings)

  • 이명선
    • 대한간호학회지
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    • 제26권2호
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    • pp.483-496
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    • 1996
  • The purpose of this study was to describe how Korean nurses overcome the language barrier while working in the U.S. hospital settings. Twelve Korean nurses living in New York metropolitan area were asked open-ended, descriptive questions to collect the data. The interviews were done in Korean. All interviews were audiotaped under the permission of the participants and were transcribed verbatim. The data were analyzed using grounded theory analysis. The research process consisted of two phases. In the first phase 8 Korean nurses were interviewed and analyzed. In the second phase, further data were collected to verify categories and working hypotheses that were emerged from the first phase. The results of this study show that all Korean nurses experienced severe psychological stress such as confusion, anxiety, frustration, loss of self-confidence, embarrassment, guilt, depression, anger, and fear. Among the mode of communication such as listening, speaking, leading, and writing, they had the most difficulty in speaking. Speaking ability was especially important for them because of the emphasis of individualism and self-defense in the U.S. Among the verbal communication modes, non-face-to-face communications such as phone conversation and body language were the most difficu1t for them to overcome. It took at least 2 years for the participants to initially overcome the language barrier in U.S. hospitals. After 2-5 years they began to feel comfortable even in non-face-to-face communication. They could actively search for the better place to work after 5 years. They finally felt comfortable in English and in their job almost after 10 years. The factors that influenced the English improvement were ‘the years of clinical experience in Korea’, ‘the decade they came to the U.S.’ ‘coming to U.S. alone or with other Korean nurses’, ‘racial homogeneity or heterogeneity of the working unit’, and ‘the degree of social support’. The strategies Korean nurses used to overcome the language barrier included depending on the written communication, using ‘nunchi’, working and studying hard, and establishing good interpersonal relationships with co-workers. They also employed assertive behavior of the U.S., such as using more explicit verbal language and employing smiles and eye contact with others during the conversation. The results of the study may help Korean nurses and nursing students who try to work in U.S. hospital settings by understanding problems other Korean nurses faced, factors that influenced their English improvement, and strategies they used. They may also help U.S. nurses and administrators in developing and implementing efficient programs for newly employed Korean nurses by understanding major problems and feelings the Korean nurses experienced and strategies they used to overcome the language barriers.

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고위험 유전성 유방암을 지닌 한국계 미국 여성의 질병경험 (Experiences of Korean-American Women with High Risk Hereditary Breast Cancer)

  • 최경숙;전명희
    • 종양간호연구
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    • 제12권2호
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    • pp.175-185
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: This micro-ethnographic study aimed to understand coping experiences of Korean-American (K-A) women after diagnosis with breast cancer due to a hereditary gene mutation. Methods: Participatory observation and in-depth interviews were performed at one breast cancer screening center in Southern California, in 2005 with eleven first generation K-A immigrant women. All transcribed interviews and field notes were analyzed using ethnographic methodology. Results: K-A women's experience varied based on acculturation risk factors including: limited English speaking ability; disrupted family relationships, individualistic family values, or intergenerational communication barriers; lack of Korean speaking nurses; and Korean physicians' who lacked knowledge about hereditary breast cancer risk. These risk factors led to isolation, loneliness, lack of emotional and social support. In comparison to Korean homeland women in a similar medical situation, these K-A immigrants felt disconnected from the healthcare system, family support and social resources which increased their struggling and impeded coping during their survivorship journey. These women were not able to access self-support groups, nor the valuable resources of nurse navigator programs. Conclusion: Professional oncology associations for nurses and physicians have a moral obligation to support and promote knowledge of hereditary cancer risk and self-help groups for non-native speaking immigrants.

초등영어교과에서 말하기 능력 신장을 위한 VoiceThread의 활용 방안 (The Use of VoiceThread for Increasing Speaking Ability in Elementary English Education)

  • 조은아;홍명희
    • 한국정보교육학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국정보교육학회 2009년도 하계학술대회
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    • pp.169-177
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    • 2009
  • 영여교육은 시대가 변할수록 그 중요성과 필요성이 매우 강조되고 있으며 이에 대한 사람들의 관심도 늘어나고 있다. 그 중에서도 초등영어교육에서 말하기 영역은 학습자들의 의사 소통 능력을 기르는 것을 목표로 하는 초등영어교육에서 매우 중요하며 영어실력을 판단하는 대표적인 준거가 된다. 시대의 변화에 따라 그 변화에 부응하여 교육적인 흐름도 변화해 오면서 최근에는 웹환경과 인터넷을 활용한 영어교육에 대한 연구가 활발하게 있어 왔다. 이에 본 논문에서는 초등영어교과 중에서도 말하기 영역의 중요성을 알아보고 새로운 웹환경에서 말하기를 효과적으로 지도하기 위한 Web 2.0 도구인 VoiceThread의 적합성과 지도방안에 대하여 알아보고자 한다.

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School Phonetics and How to Teach Prosody of English in Japan

  • Tsuzuki, Masaki
    • 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 대한음성학회 1997년도 7월 학술대회지
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    • pp.11-25
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    • 1997
  • This presentation will focus on building basic English Prosodic Skills which are very useful and helpful for Japanese learners of English. The focus first will be on recognizing the seven basic nuclear tones, analysing intonation structures, distinguishing intonation patterns and then on the way of improving speaking ability using sufficient verbal contents of intonation (mini-dialogue). My presentation deals mainly with some difficulties which Japanese learners of English have in the field of RP intonation, It is chiefly concerned with identifying, describing and analysing tone-group sequences. It sometimes happens that Japanese learners of English can pronounce isolated bounds correctly and read phonetic symbols sufficiently, bet have difficult problems in carrying out accurate prosodic features. The use of wrong intonation is sometimes the cause of misunderstanding of speaker's attitude, connotation and shades of meaning, etc.. However accurately students can pronounce the nuclear tone or tone-group of English, they have to learn how to connect tone-groups properly for suitable sequences in respect to meaning or implication. We are faced with the complicated theory of RF intonation on the one hand and difficult realization of it on the other. Japanese learners of English have special difficulties in employing "rising tune" and "falling + rising tune". If students are taught pitch movements by indicating dots graphically between two horizontal lines, they can easily understand the whole shape of pitch movements. In this presentation, I illuminate several tone-group sequences which are very useful for Japanese learning English intonation. Among them, four similar Pitch Patterns, such as, (1) (equation omitted)- type, (2) (equation omitted) - type, (3) (equation omitted) - type and (4) (Rising Head) (equation omitted)- type are clarified and other important tone-group sequences aye also highlighted from the point of view of teaching English as a foreign language. The intonation theory, tone marks and technical terms are, in all essentials, those of Intonation of Colloquial English by O'Connor, J. D. and Arnold, G. F., Longman, 2nd ed., 1982. The changes of tone are shown graphically between two horizontal lines representing the ordinary high and low zones of the utterance. A.C.Gimson (1981:314) : The intonation of English has been studied in greater detail and for longer than that of any other language. No definitive analysis, classifying the features of RP intonation, has yet appeared (though that presented by O'Connor and Arnold (1973) provides the most comprehensive and useful account from the foreign learner's point of view).

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Speech processing strategy and executive function: Korean children's stop perception

  • Kong, Eun Jong;Yoo, Jeewon
    • 말소리와 음성과학
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.57-65
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    • 2017
  • The current study explored how Korean-speaking children processed the multiple acoustic cues (VOT and f0) for the stop laryngeal contrast (/t'/, /t/, and /$t^h$/) and examined whether individual perceptual strategies could be related to a general cognitive ability performing executive functions (EF). 15 children (aged from 7 to 8) participated in the speech perception task identifying the three Korean laryngeal stops (3AFC) on listening to the auditory stimuli of C-/a/ with synthetically varying VOT and f0. They completed a series of EF tasks to measure working memory, inhibition, and cognitive shifting ability. The findings showed that children used the two cues in a highly correlated manner. While children utilized VOT consistently for the three laryngeal categories, their use of f0 was either reduced or enhanced depending on the phonetic categories. Importantly, the children's processing strategies of a f0 suppression for a tense-aspirated contrast were meaningfully associated with children's better cognitive abilities such as working memory, inhibition, and attentional shifting. As a preliminary experimental investigation, the current research demonstrated that listeners with inefficient processing strategies were poor at the EF skills, suggesting that cognitive skills might be responsible for developmental variations of processing sub-phonemic information for the linguistic contrast.