• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2015

본 논문은 다문화 아동들을 대상으로 로봇을 활용한 STEAM 수업을 통해 한국어 학습 효과를 분석한다. 이를 위해 학생들이 한국어에 대하여 느끼는 난이도와 흥미도를 측정하였다. 이 학습자들이 한글 명령어 입력 기반 프로그래밍 도구를 이용하여 변수, 데이터타입, 분기문, 반복문 등의 프로그래밍 명령어를 한국어로 학습하게 한 후 그들의 한국어 학습효과를 측정하였다. 학습 효과 측정을 위해 한 학년 수업 가운데 2학기 수업 개강 전과 수업 종강 후 각각 인터뷰를 실시하였다. 연연구결과, 우리나라와 언어적인 특징이나 문화권이 근접한 나라 출신의 다문화 아동이 로봇 활용 교육을 통한 한국어 이해도가 높았고 다문화 아동이 한국어를 배울 때 로봇을 활용한 수업이 효과가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.77-102
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• 2002

Factors affecting foreign language learning task are diverse in nature due to the different social and cultural backgrounds so that learners have to somehow use strategies and expressions to adjust diverse factors to their learning environments. The main purpose of this paper is to show how important NNS vs. NNs interaction through CCDL can be in their enhancement of English proficiency by giving examples from their chatting conversation(written conversation) data collected for over two semesters. Chatting as a means of synchronous communication interaction between students from two different cultural backgrounds can act as a predictor of foreign language achievement. Chatting and Telemeet activities have their own advantages in enhancing communicative competence when learning English. By engaging in these synchronous communication activities learners of English from different cultural backgrounds can acquire unique strategies and expressions from which they learn from each other. In short, this study advocates the importance of strategies and patterns foreign language learners can acquire from interaction among culturally different peer groups.

• 비교문화연구
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• 제19권
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• pp.313-338
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• 2010

Attitudes toward target language culture and motivation have been known as important factors in second or foreign language learning. In this study, cadets' attitudes toward the target language community and culture were investigated to find out any relationships with English achievement. Integrative or instrumental motivation in foreign military context was investigated to determine which motivation was more positively related to English proficiency. Cadets' responses were shown highly positive and internally consistent in most cases. Military cadets' attitudes toward American culture were statistically significant and could predict their English achievement. Even though integrative motivation was statistically significant, correlation with English achievement was low. However, instrumental motivation was not significant. This result implies that attitudes toward culture is an important factor in foreign language learning and integrative-instrumental motivation dichotomy might not be enough to explain specific context like cadets' English learning situation at Korea Army Academy at Youngcheon.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2021년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.411-414
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• 2021

One of the elements of technology that has become extremely critical within the field of education today is Deep learning. It has been especially used in the area of natural language processing, with some word-representation vectors playing a critical role. However, some of the low-resource languages, such as Swahili, which is spoken in East and Central Africa, do not fall into this category. Natural Language Processing is a field of artificial intelligence where systems and computational algorithms are built that can automatically understand, analyze, manipulate, and potentially generate human language. After coming to discover that some African languages fail to have a proper representation within language processing, even going so far as to describe them as lower resource languages because of inadequate data for NLP, we decided to study the Swahili language. As it stands currently, language modeling using neural networks requires adequate data to guarantee quality word representation, which is important for natural language processing (NLP) tasks. Most African languages have no data for such processing. The main aim of this project is to recognize and focus on the classification of words in English, Swahili, and Korean with a particular emphasis on the low-resource Swahili language. Finally, we are going to create our own dataset and reprocess the data using Python Script, formulate the syllabic alphabet, and finally develop an English, Swahili, and Korean word analogy dataset.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.71-87
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• 2005

The role of interaction in second language (L2) classrooms has been examined from different angles, ranging from early studies of foreigner talk to the studies of the teacher- and task-based talk. However, most of the research on L2 classroom interaction has been based on a traditional psycholinguistic view of language and learning, failing to reconceptualize a broad and holistic understanding of L2 learning. Currently, many researchers have attempted to explore and describe classroom interaction in L2 classrooms from a sociocultural perspective. The purpose of this paper is to discuss Vygotsky's theoretical framework in terms of L2 classroom interaction and research from a sociocultural perspective, by describing three key concepts (zone of proximal development, private speech, and activity theory) in Vygotsky's theoretical framework and relating them to L2 classroom interaction. The results demonstrated the importance of social interaction for second language acquisition with the review of the related research study. It was also suggested that the dynamic and interactive processes of second language learning in the classroom should be valued by L2 researchers as well as L2 teachers. Finally, implications for the concepts for L2 classroom research and pedagogy are presented in the conclusion.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2010

최근 효율적인 외국어 학습 및 진단을 위해 외국어학습의 뇌공학적 접근이 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문은 기존의 지필고사를 대체할 수 있는 뇌공학적 외국어 능숙도 진단 도구를 개발하는 것을 목표로 이를 위해 기존 언어심리학 과제에서 주로 사용되었던 테스트들을 기반으로 외국어 능숙도 진단을 위한 도구를 개발 하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 도구들은 학습자의 기억능력, 이해능력, 산출능력을 5가지 테스트를 통하여 대뇌의 정보처리 양상을 간접적으로 측정한다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.316-324
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• 2020

It has experienced how difficult People with foreign language learning, it is to pronounce a new language different from the native language. The goal of various foreigners who want to learn Korean is to speak Korean as well as their native language to communicate smoothly. However, each native language's vocal habits also appear in Korean pronunciation, which prevents accurate information transmission. In this paper, the pronunciation of Chinese learners was compared with that of Korean. For comparison, the fundamental frequency and its variation of the speech signal were examined and the spectrogram was analyzed. The Formant frequencies known as the resonant frequency of the vocal tract were calculated. Based on these characteristics parameters, the classifier of the Supporting Vector Machine was found to classify the pronunciation of Koreans and the pronunciation of Chinese learners. In particular, the linguistic proposition was scientifically proved by examining the Korean pronunciation of /ㄹ/ that the Chinese people were not good at pronouncing.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.321-332
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• 2021

본 연구에서는 가상현실을 사용한 영어 회화 학습 프로그램을 개발하고 이를 몰입형 가상현실과 모바일 기기 조건에서 비교하였다. 학습자는 가상 캐릭터와 일상에서 일어날 수 있는 회화 패턴을 9 개의 에피소드에 걸쳐 학습하였다. 학습을 시작하기 전(사전)과 모든 학습을 마친 뒤(사후)의 언어불안감을 비교한 결과, 언어불안감은 몰입형 가상현실과 모바일 조건 모두에서 유의하게 감소하였고, 특히 몰입형 가상현실 조건에서 언어불안감이 더욱 크게 감소하였다. 학습 성취도를 알아보기 위해 각 에피소드에서 회화 패턴을 학습하기 이전의 반응(1단계)과 가상 캐릭터와의 회화 학습이 일어난 후의 문장(4단계)을 문장 길이, 적절성 및 정확성으로 구분하여 비교하였다. 그 결과 두 조건 모두 1단계보다 4단계에서 문장 길이, 적절성, 정확성이 향상되었다. 그 중 문장 길이는 몰입형 가상현실 조건에서 더욱 길어진 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 몰입형 가상현실이 학습자가 영어 회화 학습과 관련하여 경험하는 언어불안감 감소 및 회화능력 향상에 긍정적인 영향을 줄 수 있다는 것을 보여준다.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.265-272
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• 2016

중국어 학습에 대한 사회적 관심과 시장이 확대되고 스마트폰 어플리케이션을 기반으로 한 스마트러닝이 교육의 새로운 패러다임으로 자리 잡으면서 중국어 교육을 위한 어플리케이션의 연구와 개발도 활발해지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 스마트폰의 멀티미디어 구현 특성과 사용자 인터렉션 기능을 활용하여 기초적인 중국어 한자를 학습할 수 있는 '중국어 교육용 기능성 어플리케이션'을 설계하고 프로토타입을 구현하여 제시하였다. 중국어 한자 표현, 발음 청취, 음성 녹음 및 비교 청취, 관련 내용 학습, 테스트 등의 기능을 간편한 사용자 인터페이스로 구현하였다. 향후 연구에서는 중국어 회화에 적용될 수 있는 사용자 인터페이스와 학습자 개인별 평가 지수 등을 통해 추가적인 도구 없이도 효과적인 학습이 가능한 프로토타입을 개발할 것이다.

• 한국어교육
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.221-250
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• 2017

This study aims to discuss the basic foundations to set levels and language skills for developing a Korean Proficiency Test for young and adolescent learners. Recently, there has been an increase in demand regarding young and adolescent learners from multicultural and overseas backgrounds. However, the current Korean Proficiency Test lacks the appropriate means to determine the Korean proficiency of young and adolescent learners with general purposes of language learning. Therefore, there is an urgent need for developing a specialized and new form of language assessment for young and adolescent learners who are exposed to a foreign language or a second language learning environment. The study examines and analyzes cases of foreign language examinations for young & adolescent learners; furthermore, the objectives and target were set based on the results of a needs analysis and in-depth interviews conducted among teachers and education officials in overseas Korean Hangeul Schools, international schools, elementary and secondary schools. Finally, the levels and language skills appropriate for the objectives of a proficiency test and target learners have been suggested.