• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.267-290
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• 2010

The purpose of this study is to analyze the writing tasks included in the newly developed high school English textbooks in the aspects of genre, rhetorical structure, task type, and authenticity in order to find out whether these tasks could contribute to improving Korean EFL students' writing skills. A total of nine textbooks were selected for the study and every writing task in each textbook was analyzed. The results show that various types of genres were incorporated in the tasks, but very few opportunities were provided for students to acquire characteristics of specific genres. In terms of rhetorical structure of text, narration, illustration, and transaction were required most, whereas not a single writing task asked students to use classification or cause and effect. Many of the writing tasks analyzed offered linguistic and/or content support through the use of models, which displays traces of the product-based approach to teaching writing. Lastly, most of the tasks lacked authenticity represented by explicit discussion of purpose and audience. Implications for L2 writing task development and writing instruction in the Korean EFL context are discussed.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제17권11호
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• pp.242-251
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• 2017

본 연구는 북한의 수재양성 기관인 제1중학교의 영어교과서를 코퍼스로 구축한 후, 이를 분석하여 언어적 특징을 파악한 연구이다. 그동안 북한의 일반중학교의 영어교과서의 특징들을 파악한 연구는 많았지만, 북한의 수재교육기관인 제1중학교 영어교과서에 대한 연구는 부족했다. 이를 위하여 북한자료센터에서 입수한 제1중학교 1학년, 2학년, 4학년, 6학년 영어 교과서 구성 체계를 살펴보고, 코퍼스를 구축한 후, 워드스미스 툴스 7.0을 활용하여 제1중학교 영어 교과서의 언어적인 특징과 고빈도 내용어를 분석하였다. 기본적인 통계 정보를 살펴본 결과, 학년의 위계에 따라 어휘 수가 증가하지는 않았으나 어휘다양성은 고학년으로 갈수록 순차적으로 높아지는 경향성이 발견되었다. 한편 학년별 고빈도 내용어의 분포를 살펴본 결과, 각 학년별 교과서에 수록된 지문의 주제에 따라 학년별로 큰 차이를 보였다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.109-115
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• 2020

We aimed to understand how English textbooks in Korea reflect English education policies for improving the English language learners' cultural ability. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, we used the method of analyzing English textbooks because English textbooks are an important tool that most specifically reflects the English policy of a country. This study analyzed middle school English textbooks currently used in Korea. We analyzed nouns/pronouns related to cultures presented in the reading section included in each unit, and compared cultural diversity and cultural identity included in English textbooks in Korea. As a result, it was found that Korea tried to introduce the diverse cultures from the world and promote Korean traditional cultures into the world. So the cultural policy of English education in Korea can be evaluated to be appropriate for cultivating Korea young learners with the cultural capabilities which are essential to be successful leaders in the globalized world.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.248-253
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• 2021

The aim of this study is to understand how English textbooks in Korea reflect English education policies for improving the English language learners' cultural ability. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, the method of analyzing English textbooks was used because English textbooks are an important tool that most specifically reflects the English policy of a country. This study analyzed a total of 15 English textbooks currently used in South Korea. We analyzed nouns/pronouns related to culture presented in the reading section included in each unit, and compared cultural diversity and cultural identity included in English textbooks in Korea. As a result, it was found that South Korea has tried to cultivate Korean learners' cultural competence through English education and introduced their cultural pride to Western culture to realize the goal of strengthening global capabilities.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.331-341
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• 2017

본 연구는 북한의 영어 교과서에 나타난 어휘의 시대적인 변화를 파악하기 위해 통시적인 관점에서 코퍼스 기반 어휘 분석을 실시하였다. 이를 위해 통일부의 북한자료센터에 소장되어 있는 북한의 중등학교 영어 교과서 중 1996년 교육과정이 적용된 시기를 기준으로 김정일 시대 이전과 이후의 교과서를 구분지어 코퍼스를 구축한 후, 워드스미스 툴스 7.0을 통해 해당 코퍼스를 분석하여 각 교과서들의 어휘 변화 양상을 살펴보았다. 연구 결과 해당 교과서들의 어휘 규모는 개편 후의 교과서가 개편 전에 비해 증가했지만, 어휘 유형과 어휘 다양성은 감소하였다. 교육과정 개편 이전에 비해 개편 이후의 교과서에서 더 자주 등장하는 핵심어(keyword)를 분석한 결과 김정일 체제를 확고히 하기 위한 관련 이념 어휘와 북한의 경제 및 생활상을 반영하는 어휘들이 나타남을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 다빈도 어휘 100개 목록과 핵심어를 비교한 결과 북한의 영어 교과서의 어휘가 문법과 문어체 위주의 텍스트에서 조금씩 실질적인 의사소통과 관련된 구어체 내용이 증가하고 있었다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제9권spc호
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• pp.19-38
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• 2003

This paper is aimed to evaluate the communicative competence of Korean EFL learners through the Discourse Completion Tasks(DCT) analysis. The present study has three purposes. The first purpose is to analyse English textbooks on the basis of thanking strategies, apologizing strategies, and requesting and offering strategies presented in Aijmer(1996). The second purpose is to analyse the discourse completion data collected from Korean middle school students and university students. The third one is to suggest the discourse syllabus model for the 8th national curriculum in Korea.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.253-276
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• 2006

The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the aspects of task-based materials in high school English textbooks for first year students in Korea. Based on the theoretical backgrounds for designing communicative tasks and the basic contents of the 7th national curriculum for English, a total of six different qualitative evaluation categories of task-based materials are constructed. The six categories include input data, settings, activity types, language skills, activity themes, and communicative functions. The results of the data analysis showed that the regulations of the 7th national English curriculum, which were aimed at improving the students' communicative abilities, were properly reflected in the materials of task-based activities of all textbooks. On the other hand, a few problems were found in some textbooks: too many individual tasks; being out of proportion in presenting task types and themes; non-systematic introduction of language skills, etc. To conclude, a few suggestions are made to provide some meaningful considerations for the text material developers in order to produce better textbooks in the future: task goals and rationale that encourage the learner's positive motivation; authenticity of input data based on the real-world context; a collaborative learning environment that enhances communicative interaction; a proportional representation of the various activity types including creative problem-solving procedures; systematic introduction of integrated language skills, etc.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2023

우리는 본 연구에서 2015 개정 교육과정 초등학교 영어 교과서를 대상으로 다중지능의 유형을 반영하고 있는지 비교 분석하고자 한다. 분석 대상으로 초등학교 5학년 영어 교과서 중 3종을 선택하여 프로젝트 활동, 게임 활동, 문화 활동을 포함한 3가지 영역에서 다중지능 이론의 각 지능 유형이 어느 정도 반영하고 있는지를 분석하였다. 또한 출판사 별로 다중지능 영역의 반영 정도를 비교 분석하였다. 3종 교과서의 각각 활동 영역에 대한 다중지능 유형의 비중을 분석한 결과, 프로젝트 활동의 경우 언어적 지능, 대인 관계 지능, 공간적 지능을 높은 비중으로 반영하고 있었다. 게임활동은 언어적 지능, 대인 관계 지능, 공간적 지능, 신체 운동적 지능을 높은 비중으로 반영하고 있었다. 문화 활동은 언어적 지능과 공간적 지능이 높은 비중으로 반영하고 있었다. 우리는 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 교과서를 개발할 때 언어적, 공간적, 신체 운동적 지능과 같이 일부 지능 유형에 편중된 것 보다는 다양한 유형의 지능이 골고루 포함될 수 있도록 영어 교수 학습의 연구가 필요함을 제시하였다. 뿐만 아니라, 다양한 다중지능 요소를 반영할 수 있는 영어 교수 학습을 개발하여 교과서 활동을 제시할 필요가 있다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권8호
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• pp.2814-2832
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• 2014

As information society matures to an even higher level and as information technology becomes a necessity to our everyday lives, the needs to develop, support and satisfy personal and social needs without the limitation of time, space, and location have become a vital point to everyday lives. Smartphone users are increasing at a staggering rate but the research on mobile-Learning model and the implementation of m-Learning scenario are still behind the needs of the users. Therefore, this paper focuses on the design of 'repeatable and short-spanned m-Learning model' to meet the needs of the learners who are on the go and on the move with their smartphones. Smartphone users frequently reach out for their phones but compare to the frequencies, the actual span of time they spend per use are relatively and surprisingly short. One way to understand this phenomenon is that the users tend to immediately replace their smartphones with laptops or desktops whenever they are available. A leaning model was needed to reflect this short and frequent use, a use that is solely based on the smartphone environment. This proposed learning model first defines this particular setting and implements the model to real smartphone users over an 8 week period. To understand whether different learning backgrounds can influence this model, different schools with online and offline learning channels participated in the experiment. User survey was conducted after the experiment to get a better understanding of the smartphone users. Pretest and posttest were conducted before and after the experiment and the data were validated and analyzed using SPSS version 18.0 for PC. Preliminary descriptive statistics, multiple regression and cross validation was conducted for the analysis. The results showed that the proposed English Listening and Comprehension Mobile Digital Textbook (ELCMDT) had a positive effect on the learners in general and was more effective for learners who were already experienced with online learning.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.102-116
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• 2020

The existence of appropriate teaching materials in foreign language is very essential especially if it is related to safety. Among them, the importance of textbooks is more emphasized because there is no suitable education or curriculum for EPTA (English proficiency test of aviation). A good textbook not only presents the right direction to study but also provides an efficient way to learn. This research exploded how well textbooks for EPTA are organized and analyzed current pilots' responses whether the textbooks are suitable for preparing EPTA through the questionnaire. The conclusion drawn is that textbooks for EPTA should be designed to encourage current and pre-pilots to learn how to communicate with controllers efficiently and briefly, and also should provide proper guide lines for preparing EPTA.