• 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.

• 한국영어학회지:영어학
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.453-497
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to investigate social aspects of young EFL learners' interaction at the computer. Data were taken from the interactions of three pairs of fourth-grade primary school children who worked together on English learning software. Their interactions at the computer were videotaped and then all the talk produced by the students and the utterances emitted from the computer were transcribed. As for the analytical tools, the notion of ‘contextualization cues’ (Gumperz, 1982) and the concept of ‘positioning’ (Davies & Harre,1990) were employed. The analysis reveals that the roles of the students were not tied to a certain position, but rather dynamically changed during the course of interactive work according to the situation at hand. The dynamic changes in their positions were realized through various means; their capability in solving problems, their taking responsibility or assigning it to each other, or cooperation. There were also instances of peer teaching and motivated learning. In addition, the students showed autonomy in their learning activity. These findings suggest that both students in a dyad had their own place in performing task activities, contributing to solving problems and getting benefits from peer interaction. Furthermore, students' working together on English learning software may provide an environment which can promote cooperative attitude and responsibility for learning and enhance motivation and autonomy in their learning process.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.44-52
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• 2022

With recent scientific advances and growing interest in AI technologies, AI-based chatbots have been viewed as a practical learning aid for English language development. The purpose of this study is to examine preservice teachers' perceptions on the potential benefits of employing AI chatbots in English instruction and its pedagogical aspects. 28 preservice teachers majoring in English education were asked to use Kuki chatbots for a week with a guidance of a researcher and then report on their perceptions of AI chatbots in terms of perceived usefulness after use, applicability, and educational benefits and drawbacks. Emerging codes and themes were identified and evaluated using Thematic Analysis(TA) based on qualitative data from surveys and interviews. The findings show that six emerging themes were identified, encompassing perspectives on teacher, learner, communication, linguistic, affective, and assessment. The overall findings of this study revealed that AI-based chatbots can play a significant role as learning tools for stimulating interactive communication in a target language. Most preservice primary teachers acknowledge that AI chatbots can be useful as teaching and learning aids for both teachers and students. Furthermore, when applying various learner data to chatbot technology, such as learner assessment and diagnosis, a guided approach is necessary to perform a conversation appropriate for the learner's level and characteristics. Finally, as chatbots have a variety of benefits in terms of affective aspects, they may improve EFL learners' confidence in speaking English and learning motivation.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2002

One of the benefits of the internet-assisted instruction is that it can improve L2 Learners' motivation to express themselves in English. The purpose of this paper is to investigate an effective approach to British-American fiction learning in Korean universities, which can emphasize communicative strategies drawing on video-conferencing system, a chat system(CUSeeMe), and an e-mail system. Students are passive participants who cannot assert their creativity in the traditional teaching method of British-American fiction, which mainly relies upon reading and translation far from literature lessons. In CCDL(Cross-cultural distance learning) class, students can play active roles in asserting their own ideas and assuming considerable responsibility for making a presentation in English. A professor can play a role as a coordinator in supporting the students' activities and in winding up the class. The main significance of this article lies in providing a paradigm for CCDL class beyond the limitation of the traditional teaching method of British-American fiction in Korea and futhermore in exploring the eclectic integration of the traditional one and CCDL.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.20-25
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• 2024

The qualitative effect of class is influenced by the instructor's class design and operation method, but it comes from motivating students to actively participate in class and utilizing potential qualities that lead to student-centered learning. Students' activities and the quality development of class participation can be utilized in presentation-based classes. This could be confirmed through the presentation classes in English language curriculum applied to English major students in Korea. In other words, with presentations conducted in language-theoretic classes such as phonetics/phonology, and syntax, it turned out that immersion in learning, concentration on class, and motivation for learning can be improved, developing systematic self-directed learning ability and cooperative mutual communication ability. Instructors need to lead the direction and design of the classes, but the actual educational effect depends on how students accept the academic tasks, how well they understand the learning contents, and how well they can systematically transmit them to others. In this respect, this study aims to investigate that learner-centered presentation classes contribute to making learners develop their competencies in class design, data utilization, imparting knowledge, and communication, which would bring about the improvement of learning quality and educational effects.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.209-216
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• 2005

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of web-based cyber instruction on EFL learning from the viewpoint of learners` perceptions and needs. Data was collected through a questionnaire survey that was carried out with 709 undergraduate student enrolled in three cyber English courses offered at N university during the secind semester in 2004. The results of the study indicated that the learners exhibited a positive attitude towards web-based cyber instruction and considered it a paper educational method in the cyber age. However, the students perceived that web-based cyber instruction was not greatly satisfactory in terms of cultivating their English communicative competence or improving the language skills they needed. It was also found that cyber instruction was still teacher-dominant, lacking in interaction, which made the students passive recipients of informaton presented. In comparison with off-line instruction, cyber instruction was not particularly better in enhancing their motivation interest or concentration on class. To be more effective, cyber instruction needs to be equipped not only with a large variety of contents and class activities, but also with more exposure to authentic language by native English speakers. The finding of the investigation yield some implications for the design and development of web-based cyber EFL programs.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.797-802
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• 2023

영어가 외국어로서 사용되는 환경에서 영어 말하기 연습 활동에 AI 음성 챗봇을 사용했을 때 영어학습자들은 발화 동기가 높아지고 의사소통 연습의 기회가 많아져 결과적으로 영어 말하기 능력을 향상 시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 초등학생 저학년의 경우에도 쉽게 활용 가능하고 학습효과를 높일 수 있는 가르치기 방식의 AI 음성 챗봇을 제안한다. 시제와 맥락과 기억에 기반한 활동인 언어학습에 Teachable Agent 시스템을 적용하기 위해 Teachable Agent에 학습자의 영어 발음과 수준을 반영하고, 학습자 오류에 맞추어 에이전트의 답변을 생성하는 방식을 적용하여 새로운 방식의 TA를 제안하고 이를 적용한 Teachable Agent AI 챗봇 프로토타입을 구현하였다. 실제 초등 영어 선생님과 초등학생을 대상으로 사용성 평가를 진행하여 학습 효과를 입증하였다. 본 연구 결과는 역할 전환을 통해 학습에 흥미가 없는 학생 또는 초등 저학년들이 학습에 스스로 참여할 수 있는 동기부여를 할 수 있도록 적용할 수 있다.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2006

학습자들은 기존의 전형적인 교재와 강의실을 통한 학습 방법보다는 e-teaming 같은 새로운 학습 방법을 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 인터넷의 긍정적인 역할을 감안할 때, 외국어 학습에 멀티미디어 활용은 유용한 교수 방법이 될 것임에 틀림없다. 학습자가 언어 학습에서 시각적 자료의 활용을 선호한다는 점에서 멀티미디어를 이용한 E-learning은 영어 학습에 매우 중요한 교육 학습 방법이 될 수 있다. 이러한 장점은 언어 학습에서 학습자의 흥미를 유발하고 높은 학습 동기를 부여할 수 있다. 인터넷이나 웹을 통한 영어 학습의 장점은 컴퓨터의 다양한 멀티미디어 자료와 이러한 자료를 무한대로 반복재생 할 수 있어 반복 학습이 절대적인 영어 학습의 특성을 잘 적용할 수 있다. 본 연구에서 영어 학습에 필요한 네 가지 Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening을 중심으로 e-learning에서 멀티미디어를 활용하는 학습 방법에 대해 살펴보기로 한다.

• 한국어교육
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.1-36
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• 2017

This study investigated the correlation between learners' psychological and social factors and their syntactic complexity of speaking. The study collected samples of Korean spoken production of 61 learners with English, Chinese, Japanese and other L1 backgrounds and applied mini-TOPIK, mini-AMTB, and SASIQ for 70 minutes. The study found that: (i) integrative motivation showed positive correlation with a number of simple complex clauses, but instrumental motivation correlated negatively with a number of adverbial clauses, indicating that high motivation hindered producing highly complex clauses although it triggered producing simple complex clauses, (ii) social contact with L2 native speakers showed positive correlation with general L2 development and a number of simple complex clauses, but revealed negative correlation with double or triple complex clauses, (iii) hours of L2 listening showed very strong positive correlation with producing triple complex clauses and general proficiency, but indicated negative correlation with a number of simple complex clauses. The study reported that high motivation toward Korean learning and active social activities with Korean native speakers helped produce simple complex clauses while hours of listening to Korean helped produce triple complex clauses.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.11-20
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• 2000

본 연구에서는 Keller의 ARCS 모형이라 불리는 체제적 접근 방법을 통하여 영어학습용 웹 코스웨어를 개발하여 동기유발 속성을 개선시켜 주는데 그 목적이 있다. Keller의 ARCS 동기 모형에는 네 개의 요소- 주의력, 관련성, 자신감, 만족감 -가 있다. 이 네 요소들의 웹 코스웨어에 대한 전략적 적용은 보다 효율적이고 체제적인 영어회화 학습을 가능하게 할 것이다. 본 연구를 설계하고 구현하기 위하여 ASP(Active Server Page)로 웹 페이지를 구성하였으며, 웹 서버로는 Personal web server를 사용하였고, 코스웨어를 저작하기 위한 도구로는 오쏘웨어를 이용하였다.