• 대한음성학회지:말소리
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• 제60호
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• pp.47-66
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• 2006

This study examined the effect of English-language experience on Korean- and Japanese-English late learners' production of English unstressed vowels in terms of four acoustic phonetic features: F0, duration, intensity and vowel reduction. The learners manifested some improvement with experience. The native-like attainment of a phonetic feature, however, was related to the phonological status of that feature in the speakers' native language. The results suggest that the extent to which the non-native speakers' production of English unstressed vowels improved with English-language experience varied as a function of their native language background.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제12권8호
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• pp.461-470
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• 2012

글로벌 시대에 접어들면서 세계 공용어인 영어의 필요성이 끈임 없이 논의되는 현재 상황에서 정부는 1997년 영어를 초등학교의 정규교과로 채택하였으며, 현재에 이르러서는 영어전담교사는 물론 원어민 영어 강사까지 배치하는 정책 변화가 있어 왔다. 또한 영어교육은 학교에서 뿐만 아니라 사설 기관 및 정부차원의 영어 관련 교육기관들이 생겨나기 시작하였으며, 2000년대 들어서는 지자체에서 영어교육의 관심이 증대되는 상황에 놓이게 되었다. 그런 현상들을 반영하여 나타난 것이 대표적으로 영어마을 이라 하겠다. 서울 경기지방을 비롯하여 거의 모든 지방자치단체에서 각 지역에 맞는 영어마을을 직접운영하거나 민간업자에게 위탁 경영하고 있는 실정이다. 여러지방에서 이루어지고 있는 영어체험센터 및 영어마을들이 어떻게 운영되고 있는지 알아볼 필요가 있고 또한 영어체험 센터를 수료한 학생들의 성취도등을 선행연구로 조사해 보고자 한다. 연구 방법은 현재 운영중인 영어마을, 그리고 체험센터에서 실시하는 프로그램을 분석함으로써 그들의 효과를 알아보았다. 프로그램을 분석한 결과로 대부분의 영어마을 체험센터는 나름대로 소정의 목적을 달성하고 있었다. 여기서는 분석 자료로 사용한 서울과 경기 부산 영어마을 그리고 전라남도 영어체험 프로그램의 자세한 내용과 그것들의 개선방안을 제시하는데 본 연구의 목적이 있다 하겠다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2023

The current study investigated the influence of age of L2 acquisition (AOA) and length of residence (LOR) in the L2 setting country on the production of voicing-conditioned vowel duration and spectral qualities in English by Korean learners. The primary aim was to explore the ways in which the language-specific phonetic features are acquired by the age of onset and L2 experience. Analyses of the archived corpus data produced by 45 native speakers of Korean showed that, regardless of AOA or LOR, absolute vowel duration was used as a salient correlate of voicing contrast in English for Korean learners. The accuracy of relative vowel duration was influenced more by onset age than by L2 experience, suggesting that being exposed to English at an early age may benefit the acquisition of temporal dimension. On the other hand, the spectral characteristics of English vowels were more consistently influenced by L2 experience, indicating that immersive experience in the L2 speaking environment are likely to improve the accurate production of vowel quality. The distinct influence of the onset age and L2 experience on the specific phonetic cues in L2 vowel production provides insight into the intricate relationship between the two factors on the manifestation of L2 phonological knowledge.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.165-176
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• 2010

본 연구는 영어학습이 이루어지는 e-Learning 환경에서 학습효과에 영향을 미치는 요인들과 몰입경험 간의 관계를 알아보는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위하여 영어식사고구조, 사전영어능력, 영어자기효능감 그리고 몰입을 학습효과에 영향을 미치는 독립변수로 설정했으며, 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 영어식사고구조, 사전영어능력, 영어자기효능감, 몰입, 학습효과 간의 각각의 관제는 통계적으로 정적인 상관관계가 있다. 둘째, 영어식사고구조, 사전영어능력, 영어자기효능감 모두 몰입을 예측하였으며, 몰입경험이 또한 학습효과를 예측한다. 셋째, 영어자기효능갑과 학습효과 간의 관계에서 몰입 경험이 매개역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국영어학회지:영어학
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.497-508
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• 2001

This study tested whether non-native speakers approximated native-like locus equation slopes. Russian learners of English acquired native-like values of the locus equation slope for the English bilabial, and English learners of Russian made slight modifications to the locus equation slope of the Russian bilabial. The acquisition of the locus equations occurred gradually with experience. While English speakers, with limited experience with Russian, failed to approximate Russian-typical value of the locus equations slope, Russian speakers, with more extensive experience with English, succeeded in approximating the locus equation for English bilabial. The observation of locus equation transfer effect supports for the locus equation hypothesis as the unit of acquisition over CV-by-CV learning.

• 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.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.65-76
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• 2021

The aim of this study was to explore the use of Google Classroom as a learning management system for College English. The study targeted 34 university students. They took part in various activities, such as writing reactions to video lectures, peer-editing essays, and recording video presentations, et cetera. For the study, a t-test was conducted to evaluate the English development of the students. The two essays that each student wrote were used as the data sources. The result (t=-5.854, p=.000) indicated an improvement in their English writing proficiency. In addition, a survey was conducted to gather students' feedback regarding their perceptions towards the course. The study covered five aspects of their experience: Google Classroom, language development, Quizlet, classroom experience, and essay-writing experience. From the results, students indicated a positive response to the program. The use of Google Classroom in an online learning setting accomplishes two things; it helped the students in the development of their English proficiency, and provided activities that students find interesting, which in turn stimulates their self-learning spirit.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2017

The current study investigated whether Korean learners' English-learning environments, especially target English accent (General American English (GAE) vs. Southern British English (SBE)) and English-language experience affected their production of English vowels. Thirty six EFL learners, 27 ESL-US learners, and 33 ESL-UK learners produced 8 English vowels with a bVt frame (beat, bit, bet, bat, bought, bot, boat, boot). The learners' productions were acoustically analyzed in terms of F1 and F2 frequencies. The overall results revealed that the learners' target accent had an effect on their production of some English vowels. The EFL and ESL-US learners' (especially, female learners') production of bought, bot, boat, and boot, which show characteristic differences between the GAE and SBE accents, was closer to that of the native American English (AE) speakers than the native British English (BE) speakers. In contrast, the ESL-UK learners' production of bought and bot demonstrated the opposite pattern. Thus, the impact of target accent was not demonstrated across the board. The effect of the learners' different English-language experience was also rather limited. This was because the EFL learners' production was not much different from the ESL-US learners' production, in spite of the ESL-US learners' residence in the US for more than 9 years. Furthermore, the Korean learners, irrespective of their different English-language experience, tended to produce bit and bat with lower F1 than the native AE and BE speakers, thus resulting in bit and bat to be produced similarly to beat and bet, respectively. This demonstrates the learners' persistent L1 effects on their English vowel production despite the learners' residence in the English speaking countries or their high English proficiency.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.19-24
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• 2022

This study examined which acoustic cue(s) that Korean learners of English give weight to in perceiving English lexical stress. We manipulated segmental and suprasegmental cues in 5 steps in the first and second syllables of an English stress minimal pair "object". A total of 27 subjects (14 native speakers of English and 13 Korean L2 learners) participated in the English stress judgment task. The results revealed that native Korean listeners used the F0 and intensity cues in identifying English stress and weighted vowel quality most strongly, as native English listeners did. These results indicate that Korean learners' experience with these cues in L1 prosody can help them attend to these cues in their L2 perception. However, L2 learners' perceptual attention is not entirely predicted by their linguistic experience with specific acoustic cues in their native language.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.13-22
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• 2008

The purpose of this study is to explore 'Flow Experience' of those studying English speaking and listening in the e-Learning environment. The exploration of flow experience in this study is based on the literature research of Csikszentmihalyi's flow models and other studies. There have been many studies on flow experience focusing on arts, leisure and sports in accordance with Csikszentmihalyi's original theory, however, his flow theory has recently been adapted to the educational field. Nonetheless, it is in the e-learning environment, rather than the face-to-face traditional teaming environment, that there is not enough flow state measurement scale. Therefore, it is important to develop as a stepping stone a flow state scale for those who study English speaking and listening by the cyber-native-speaker on e-Learning environment to improve their satisfaction and achievement.