• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.97-121
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• 2011

This study aims to examine how motivational constructs are interrelated with social, context-specific factors and, as a result, contribute to L2 writing achievement within the framework of self-determination theory. The data consisted of 67 Korean college students' questionnaire responses, final scores in an on-offline blended writing course, and qualitative interviews with 5 students. In the descriptive and the correlation analyses, the participants' extrinsic motivation was found higher than intrinsic motivation, with low amotivation. Among social factors, immersion environment, foreign instructor, and peer comparison marked high scores, whereas Korean instructor and online material gained low scores. Those contextual factors were interrelated with each other, such that the immersion factor correlated significantly with Korean instructor and peer comparison. Extrinsic and intrinsic motivational subscales engendered strong correlations with the high-scored social factors, i.e., immersion, foreign instructor, and peer comparison, which were also closely interrelated with L2 writing achievement. The findings illuminate intricate workings of motivation in its effects on L2 achievement and corroborate the roles of contextual factors. The effect of motivational subscales on achievement may be valid through interplay with some social factors. The dynamics of motivation is discussed for pedagogical applications.

• 한국영어학회지:영어학
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.249-277
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• 2002

The purpose of this paper is to show that Web-Based English Instruction (WBEI) focused on writing is effective in learning English in Korea. To investigate the effectiveness of WBEI, a survey was conducted to the experimental group after WBEI and a test was taken to compare the difference of the score of the experimental group and control group. According to the survey, almost all students thought that WBEI was a most effective way to improve communicative competence by exchanging electronic mails with native speakers. The test showed that the experimental group's score was somewhat low in comparison with the control group's in pre-test, but the former groups' was rather higher than the control groups' in post-test. This study also suggests that we should develop more effective Web-based English teaching-learning methods to activate WBEI in our classroom.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.22-33
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• 2014

This paper presents a comparative study on the effectiveness of teaching an engineering course using English with Specific Purpose(ESP). A study was performed using student groups; one class using ESP, and one class conducted in English with an English text. The course conducted using ESP showed the greatest improvement in English writing and conversation, and the students reported a greatly increased confidence in their ability to function professionally using English. A self-assessment of each student was conducted before and after the courses. Prior to the course less than 10% in each group felt that they are able to: a) understand a textbook, b) write an email, c) generate a project report, or d) follow a lecture given in English. The survey at the end of the course showed that the ESP teaching style resulted in significant improvements in students ability and confidence with writing and speaking in English, whereas reading skills were similar for both groups. This is due to the ESP method, in which students are required to give presentations and keep journals in English. After a brief review of the ESP principles and a discussion of how they were implemented, the background data of the participants(students) are described. Finally, the end-of-semester survey highlights the efficacy of the ESP approach.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.87-105
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• 2006

Style is considered a pivotal construct in sociolinguistic variation studies. While previous studies have examined style in traditional forms of language such as speech, very little research has examined new and emerging styles such as computer-mediated discourse. Thus, the present study attempts to investigate style in the online communication mode of chat. In so doing, the study compares text-based online chat with speech and writing. Online chat has been previously described as a hybrid form of language that is close to speech. Here, the exact nature of online chat is elucidated by focusing on contraction use. Differential acquisition of stylistic variation is also examined according to English learning background. The empirical component consists of data from Korean speakers of English. Data is taken from a written summary, an oral interview, and a text-based online chat session. A multivariate analysis was conducted. Results indicate that online chat is indeed a hybrid form that is difficult to delineate from speech and writing. Text-based online chat shows a somewhat similar rate of contraction to speech, which confirms its hybridity.. Lastly, some implications of the study are given in terms of the learning and acquisition of style in general and in online contextual modes.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2020

성공적인 외국어 학습을 위해 필요한 요소 중 하나로 자기효능감이 주목받아 왔지만, 이와 관련된 연구 중 다수는 중등학교 학생들을 대상으로 수행된 연구들이다. 본 연구는 영어 독해와 작문 중심의 교양영어프로그램이 대학 신입생들의 자기효능감에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 자료 수집을 위하여 교양영어프로그램을 수강하는 중급반 학생을 대상으로 사전-사후 설문을 실시하였고, 해당 학생들을 지도하는 교수자들을 대상으로 영작 지도 유형을 파악하기 위한 인터뷰도 실시하였다. 학생들의 자기효능감의 사전-사후 차이를 살펴보기 위하여, 대응표본 t-test로 분석하였으며, 일원분산분석으로 교수자의 지도 유형에 따른 차이가 있는지를 통계적으로 확인하였다. 그 결과, 독해·작문 중심의 교양영어프로그램이 중급반에서 영어를 학습하는 학생들의 자기효능감에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤고, 교수자의 영작과제 부여 횟수와 운영방식에 따른 차이가 확인되었다. 본 연구의 결과를 토대로, 신입생을 대상으로 하는 교양영어 수업에서 학습자들의 성공적인 학습 경험을 높일 수 있는 다양한 유형의 과제 개발과 효과적인 교수자의 피드백 방식 등에 대한 후속 연구가 필요하며, 이는 학습자의 자기효능감을 높이는 데에 있어서 보다 효과적인 교양영어 수업 모델 개발로 이어질 것이다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.513-523
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• 2019

본 연구의 목적은 영어 작문 수업 중 이루어진 동료 피드백 활동에 대한 예비 영어교사들의 인식을 살펴보는 것이다. 이를 위해 15주간 영어 작문 수업을 수강하는 총 37명의 학생들이 설문에 참여하였고, 설문의 얻어진 데이터를 통해 동료 피드백 활동에 대한 학생들의 인식을 빈도분석, 기술통계를 통해 분석하였다. 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 동료 피드백 활동에 참여한 학생들은 긍정적 태도를 보였다. 둘째, 참여자들은 작문 결과물의 내용, 아이디어 조직 부분에서 특히 큰 도움을 받았다. 셋째, 학생들은 자신을 비롯한 모든 학생들이 유사한 오류를 범한다는 것을 알게 되면서 다른 학생들에 비해 작문 실력이 크게 뒤처지지 않는다는 점에 안도감을 느꼈다. 넷째, 피드백을 주는 입장과 받는 입장 모두에서 동료 피드백의 내용을 크게 신뢰하지 않았다. 특히 영어 능력이 낮은 동료로부터 받은 피드백은 큰 도움이 되지 않았다. 다섯째, 학생들은 동료의 오류를 지적하거나 너무 자세한 제안을 했을 때 그들의 관계가 불편해질 것에 대해 걱정하였다. 마지막으로 연구 결과를 바탕으로 교육적 시사점을 제언하였다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.191-208
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• 2011

The quantitative study investigated perceptions of evaluative criteria in L2 writing between two groups - learners (N=212) and instructors (N=52) in Korea. Specifically, the purpose of the study is (1) to examine learners' and instructors' perceptions on evaluative criteria in L2 writing and to provide empirical evidence concerning how they respond to a list of them and (2) to ultimately devise appropriate rating criteria applicable to an EFL context like Korea. Analyses of evaluative criteria were conducted using factor analysis and yielded the following results: learner and instructor groups perceived the evaluative criteria differently and weighted them in a different way. For the learner group, the combined elements of grammar and language in use were identified as Factor 1 and mechanics as Factor 2. The results may infer that learners' response patterns are primarily linked to their instructors' writing practice in class, which may largely focus on grammatical knowledge based on lexical use and mechanical accuracy. Similarly, the instructor group acknowledged grammatical knowledge as Factor 1 and lexical use as Factor 2. The first two factors found in both learner and instructor groups indicate that in an EFL context like Korea, the form-then-content way of teaching and learning is still being considered more effective in L2 writing than any other method. Taking into consideration these perceptive similarities and differences between learners and instructors, the categories of evaluative criteria in writing include content and organization, grammar, mechanics, language in use, and flow of the essay, respectively.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.48-52
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• 2014

The purpose of this study was to examine 30 logical connectors in the essay writing of Korean university students for comparison with the use in similar types of native English writing. The main questions addressed were as follows: Do Korean EFL students tend to over- or underuse logical connectors? What types of connectors differentiate Korean learners from native use? To answer these questions, EFL learner data were compared with data from native speakers using computerized corpora and linguistic software tools to speed up the initial stage of the linguistic analysis. The analysis revealed that Korean EFL learners tend to overuse logical connectors in the initial position of the sentence, and that they tend to overuse additive connectors such as 'moreover', 'besides', and 'furthermore', whereas they underuse contrastive connectors such as 'yet' and 'instead'. On the basis of the results of this study, some pedagogical implications are made concerning the need for teaching of the semantic, stylistic, and syntactic behavior of logical connectors.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2009

This paper describes ongoing work on the correction of adverb errors committed by Korean learners studying English as a foreign language (EFL), using an automated English writing assessment system. Adverb errors are commonly found in learners 'writings, but handling those errors rarely draws an attention in natural language processing due to complicated characteristics of adverb. To correctly detect the errors, adverbs are classified according to their grammatical functions, meanings and positions within a sentence. Adverb errors are collected from learners' sentences, and classified into five categories adopting a traditional error analysis. The error classification in conjunction with the adverb categorization is implemented into a set of mal-rules which automatically identifies the errors. When an error is detected, the system corrects the error and suggests error specific feedback. The feedback includes the types of errors, a corrected string of the error and a brief description of the error. This attempt suggests how to improve adverb error correction method as well as to provide richer diagnostic feedback to the learners.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2011

The object of this study is to show some features of English, focused on such mechanics as punctuation and transition, in Korean presidential addresses transcribed in English which are different from those of the United States. Towards that end, the presidential addresses of the United States and Korea from January, 2010 to June, 2010 are collected, made into corpora, and analyzed. Through analyzing the corpora, this paper is to address the following research questions: (1) What features can be regarded as different in terms of punctuation and transition? (2) If there are any differences between the corpora, are they significant enough to pose any problems for Korean and American English users to communicate with each other? (3) If so, what can be done to solve the problems in regard to pedagogical implications? Overall, as for punctuation, both Presidents' addresses share a lot in common, even with some idiosyncratic variations though. However, there are some noticeable differences in transitional devices. It is not clear whether those should be taken as a sign of personal preference, though. Transitional markers are meant to be part of wording in writing. (196 words).