• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.287-304
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• 2005

Since Air and Correspondence High School (ACHS) in Korea was established in 1974, it has been serving many people who couldn't take the opportunities for learning in the regular high school due to several reasons. Regardless of the rapid change in technologies and educational needs during the past 31 years, however, ACHS hasn't changed much. Concerns have been recently made about the validity of the unchanged school system and many issues have been discussed relating to the innovation of the school system. Focusing on the teaching and learning contents, one of the important issues with respect to the school system, this paper examines the 7th English Curriculum for ACHS. The paper also investigates the textbooks used in ACHS to see how closely they align with the students' English proficiency and ACHS' instructional method by employing McDonough and Shaw's(1993) framework for textbook analysis. The results revealed that the current curriculum does not sufficiently reflect ACHS's characteristics, which leads to the adoption and development of inappropriate textbooks in terms of overall coherence, proficiency level, etc. The results suggest that the development of the curriculum and textbooks for ACHS should be based upon the students' needs and their level of proficiency rather than depending on the national curriculum and government-authorized textbooks intended for the relatively homogeneous school-age learners.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.45-68
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• 2006

Living in the Information Age, schools and teachers are expected to utilize new information technology in education to make teaching more effective. In Japan, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) has been strongly implementing policies to promote information education (IE) in schools since 1988. According to a survey in 2005 (Japan MEXT, 2005), 100% of high schools in Japan at present have computers and the Internet connections. However, videoconferencing systems have only been introduced only in a small number of schools. This paper is the result of a pilot research to see the effects of using a videoconferencing system in a Japanese high school. The purpose of the research was to clarify the effects of introducing videoconferencing system in a Japanese high school and of utilizing it for conferences with other schools abroad on the studies of global issues. The target students were in the 12th Grade in the year 2006. The counterpart school was an Australian high school in Sydney and the conferences were held in English. International discussions on global warming were conducted between the Japanese and Australian students. Affective competence and cognitive competence were measured using questionnaires and worksheets given to students both before and after the videoconferences. The results showed that both cognitive and affective competences rose after each videoconference. Not only the students who actively participated in the conference but also those who were in the audience showed positive effects. In the field of international cooperation on global issues, especially, the effects were large. These results suggest that in order to teach global issues in which international effort and cooperation are needed, direct contacts with foreign students are effective in increasing student cognitive and affective competences. On the other hand, as English was the main communication tool in the conferences, Japanese students faced a certain difficulty in communication. Also, teachers, especially English teachers, were required to make great efforts to assist students in preparing for the conferences. The effectiveness of an international videoconference depends largely on students' English skills and teachers' efforts.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.932-940
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• 2017

This study investigated the perception of pre - service teachers in order to find out how paper textbooks are used in high school classes and what improvement is needed. Firstly, the results of analyzing the perception about the utilization of textbooks are as follows. First, in the case of Korean language, social studies, mathematics, science, and English, textbooks were used most frequently, and most of the respondents did not use textbooks for arts and physical education subjects. Secondly, Korean language, social studies, mathematics, science, and English textbooks are most frequently used as teaching materials. Third, in the case of Korean, social, mathematics, science, and English subjects, in addition to textbooks, problem collections were used most frequently and arts and physical education subjects showed the most use of prints. Next, the results of analyzing the perception of the improvement method of the textbooks are as follows. First, in the high school class, the response rate was high in that Korean, social, mathematics, science, and English classes needed a textbook. Most of the respondents answered that they were not necessary for the textbooks of arts and physical education subjects. Second, in order to improve the textbooks, the most demanding textbooks focused on the core basic contents, followed by self - directed learning activities, competency centered contents selection, cooperative learning activities, and teacher self - development. The demand for digital textbooks was low.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.274-281
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• 2020

본 연구는 4-gram 연어분석으로 남북한 고등학교 영어교과서를 비교분석하고자 하는 것이 목적이다. N-gram 분석은 그동안 우리가 알고 있는 관습적인 관용어와는 달리 코퍼스를 구성하여 기계적인 방법으로 물리적으로 함께 공기하는 빈도가 높은 낱말군을 객관적인 방법으로 추출하여 분석하는 것이다. 본 연구의 목적은 AntConc의 N-gram 분석 도구로 4-gram 연어를 남북한 영어교과서 코퍼스에서 찾아서 비교 분석해 보는 것이다. 분석의 대상은 북한의 2013 교육개혁에 따른 북한 고등중학교 영어교과서와 남한의 2015교육과정에 따른 고등학교 영어교과서로 구성된 코퍼스에서 구어와 문어의 token과 type을 구분하여 분석 비교한다. 이를 분석대상으로 하여 코퍼스의 4-gram 연어를 문법범주와 기능범주로 나눈 준거를 통해서 분석하였다. 문법범주는 크게 명사구, 동사구, 전치사구, 부분절 그리고 기타로 나누어 범주화하고 기능범주는 지칭, 텍스트의 조직, 입장과 기타로 나누었다. 분석한 결과 4-gram 연어에 나타난 구어와 문어 모두 남한의 영어교과서가 북한의 영어교과서 보다 token과 type의 수가 상대적으로 많았다. 그리고 문법범주에는 남북한 모두 영어교과서에 동사구와 부분절 형태의 4-gram 연어가 가장 많았으며 기능범주에는 남북한 모두 영어교과서에 입장 기능과 관련된 4-gram 연어가 가장 많았다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제7권5호
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• pp.36-46
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• 2007

본 논문에서는 중학생이 작성한 영작문에서 자동으로 문법오류를 검색하고 채점하는 시스템을 소개한다. 학생의 문장이 입력되면 형태소 및 구문 분석을 하고 오류를 검색한다. 문장 분석이 완료되면 교사들이 제공한 채점기준에 의해 자동으로 채점한다. 문법오류를 탐지하기 위해서 정문을 처리하는 규칙은 물론 오류를 포함하고 있는 문장도 처리하는 규칙을 구현하였다. 본 시스템에서는 영어를 제2외국어로 사용하는 학생들이 한국어의 영향으로 인해 발생시키는 영어 구문오류를 집중적으로 처리하고자 하였다. 이와 같이 영작문에 대한 자동 채점은 학생들에게 오류에 대한 즉각적인 피드백을 제공하여 스스로 자신의 영어실력을 모니터할 수 있게 해 준다. 이러한 시스템을 활용함으로써 학생들은 언제 어디서나 혼자서 영작문 공부를 할 수 있으며, 이는 학생들의 실력 향상에 많은 도움이 될 것이다.

• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 2003년도 ISIS 2003
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• pp.508-512
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• 2003

In 2000, the economy of Asia made a V-character type recovery from the currency and financial crisis in 1997. The increase in exports is assumed to be one of the causes. To negotiate with foreign countries, English must be indispensable in many cases. In this study, we investigated how English education is performed in East Asian countries while focusing on English textbooks. We metrically analyzed some textbooks used junior high schools and high school in Japan and Korea, and elementary schools in China and Singapore to compare them with U.S.A and U.K textbook. We investigated some characteristics of character-and word-appearance of English textbook using an exponential function. Moreover we derived the degree of difficulty far each material through the variety of words and their frequency on the basis of the required English vocabulary in Japanese junior high schools. As a result we could show at which level of U.S.A. or U.K the English textbooks used in East Asian countries are.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.57-69
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• 2005

There have been changes throughout the past 100 years of English education in Korea. The Ministry of Education revised the English curriculum numerous times. From the 6th national curriculum, communicative competence became an essential objective in English learning. The study is to see if E University students' TOEIC results show any significant difference between the two groups under the 5th and 6th national curriculum. Another objective of this research is to see if recruiting medical students with high scores of the standardized English tests is suitable to select the best candidates who can fulfill medical studies. For these two purposes, sophomore students' TOEIC results in 2000 & 2004 and non-resident-status students' cumulative GPA were analyzed. The study shows that there is no significant difference in the two groups. Moreover, the current recruiting policy to select the best fit medical candidates based on their high TOEIC or TOEFL scores does not seem to be an appropriate measure since such students' GPA reveals poor academic performance amid their high scores in English.

• 한국지역사회생활과학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.429-446
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• 2017

The current study aims to identify factors associated with private tutoring of college students in Korea. For this purpose, this study used the Korean Education and Employment Panel survey, which contains items regarding whether or not college students receive private tutoring as well as the monthly costs of private lessons. The current study focuses on private English lessons due to the very low response rates of other types of private tutoring. For the analysis, the 5th wave of KEEP collected in 2008 was selected, and a Heckman selection model was employed, including three categories of variables: individual, school, and parent/household factors. The results have revealed that for the selection model (receiving private English tutoring or not), having received private lessons in high school, gender, and level of satisfaction regarding the respondent's current university were significant. In terms of the outcome model (cost for private English tutoring in college), university admission type (rolling vs. regular), living with parents, school type (4-yr university vs. others), being in debt to cover private lesson fees in high school, and monthly household income had significant effects. This article also discusses the results and implications for future research and policy makers.

• 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.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.141-159
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• 2011

This study examined the effects of collocation-based instruction on L2 vocabulary acquisition and learners' interests in it. Fifty one students were randomly assigned to the experimental group (collocation-based instruction group) and to the control group. The participants' English vocabulary capacity was checked through pre and post tests, and two surveys were used to probe the learners' vocabulary learning behaviors and their interests in English vocabulary learning respectively. To better understand the participants' opinions and feelings on the collocation-based learning, follow-up interviews were also carried out. The results showed that second language (L2) learners' vocabulary capacity was significantly improved through collocation-based instruction. However, the participants' degree of interest in vocabulary learning did not reach our expectation partly because of external factors such as the Test for the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) and lack of familiarity of collocations. Such results indicate that the high school students' rooted perception of putting importance on test-based language learning could not be easily changed since it is closely related to their immediate needs. Based on the results, this study suggested how to implement collocations into L2 classrooms effectively.