• International Journal of Contents
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2019

This study examines the impact of online collaborative English language learning to enhance learner motivation and classroom engagement in university English instruction. The role of learner motivation and classroom engagement has gained much attention under the premises of current constructivist framework of English as a foreign language education. To promote learner motivation and classroom interaction in English instruction, participants in this study engaged in integrative English learning activities through online group collaboration and peer-tutoring. They exchanged productive peer response and shared their learning experiences throughout the integrative English learning activities. Digital technology played an integral role in motivating the learning process of the participants. Data for this study were gathered through an online questionnaire survey and semi-structured interviews. The data were analyzed based on the ARCS motivational model of instructional design to identify the motivational aspects of integrative English learning activities. This study reveals that participants of this study regarded online collaborative English learning activities as the positive and motivating learning experience. The online collaborative English reading instruction had positive effect on improving EFL university students' learning performance. Participants of this study also identified affective and metacognitive benefits of online collaborative EFL learning activities for learner motivation and classroom engagement. This study reveals that the social networking platform in online group collaboration played a crucial role for the participants in understanding the integration of online group collaboration as the positive and effective language learning strategy. This study may have implications in suggesting the effective instructional design for promoting learner motivation and classroom interaction in EFL education.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.39-69
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• 2010

This study aims to identify how participants in online-incorporated English learning perceive interaction between achievement and factors of learning and personality. Using grounded theory analysis, this study attempts to generate a theoretical model depicting how the factors work with the L2 learners situated in the learning setting. A total of 231 college freshmen participated in online and offline EFL learning programs for the duration of one semester. In addition, all respondents completed a survey questionnaire on their learning experiences. In the investigation of the differences between low- and high-proficiency groups, audio-taped interviews with 20 selected students, 10 from each group, have revealed differences not only in the types of personal and instructional factors, but also, more importantly, in the interrelationship between these factors in each group's learning model. These models effectively explained the statistically significant differences in four questionnaire items, such as online learning and contributions of offline class sections to their L2 achievement. These findings entail L2 practitioners' shared understandings of their students' perspectives of learning in the specific L2 learning context.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2022

This study proposed a soft skill integration activity for online EFL classrooms and investigated student responses. Toward this end, this study recruited 54 college students taking an English Presentation and Discussion class in South Korea. Participants were assigned into high and low-proficiency groups based on the Test of English for International Communication. This study employed questionnaire, class video recordings, and interview to obtain responses. Moreover, problem-based learning with challenge questions was applied to develop soft skills in online synchronous classes. Responses were examined in terms of whether a difference existed according to English proficiency. Major findings of this study were as follows. Regardless of proficiency levels, participants reported improvements in their IT and problem-solving skills and exhibited positive attitudes toward live online presentations via Zoom. However, this study observed significant differences in communication and teamwork skills, perceived learning, and confidence. Interviews with students with low English proficiency levels revealed that they were negatively affected by the lack of non-verbal cues, mechanical skills, and socialization time provided by online classes. Based on these results, pedagogical implications and directions for future studies are discussed.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.427-437
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• 2018

본 연구는 초등학교 학생들이 학습하는 온라인 영어 학습 프로그램 콘텐츠의 효과성을 탐색하였다. 온라인 영어 학습 콘텐츠 연구를 위해 경기도교육청에 의해 학교로 사용권장된 프로그램을 사용하였다. 연구대상은 경기도 K 시 소재 P 초등학교 107명의 학생들로 약 1년간의 학습 후에 온라인 학습 콘텐츠 효과성에 관한 설문에 응답하였다. 학생들의 응답은 Spearman 상관분석방법으로 재학학년, 온라인 학습시간 및 진단평가 성적과 온라인 영어 학습 프로그램 콘텐츠 간의 연관성을 분석하였다. 분석한 결과, 학년이 높고 영어 학업수준이 높은 학생일수록 문제해결형, 과제수행형과 WBI(웹기반)형의 콘텐츠는 효과적이지 않다고 생각하는 것으로 드러났다. 반면에, 온라인 학습시간이 긴 저학년학생일수록 개인 지도형, 스토리활용형과 애니메이션유형의 온라인 학습 콘텐츠가 효과적이라고 답했다. 따라서 본 연구는 온라인 영어 학습 콘텐츠의 개발에 있어서, 학생의 학년과 학습시간, 학업수준 등과 같은 학생의 특성을 고려할 필요가 있음을 제언하는 바이다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2022

The advancement of Internet technologies has provided a new and effective way to cultivate international talents. To investigate the effect of native English teachers' online synchronous classes on Chinese primary school students' oral English improvement, an 18-month quasi-experimental study was conducted on 300 primary school students in China. The experiment and control groups were provided biweekly synchronous online classes with native and non-native English teachers. SPSS was used to conduct Paired Sample T-Tests and analyze performance differentials. The results showed that online classes taught by native English teachers perform better than non-native English teachers in three areas: vocabulary accuracy, average sentence length, and phonological intonation.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.57-69
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• 2017

Due to the development of technology even in learning and education area, many studies have begun to make a new attempts to research by using SNS, breaking away from traditional learning methods. However, the limitations of these studies are restricted only to the use of wireless Internet and writing on Web sites. This study aims to conduct a research on English learning activities that utilize various technologies such as Bigdata, Facebook, Social Network Services (SNS) and English applications. In addition, this study looks into how these modern technologies can be integrated in the classrooms and which activities can be applied in the English classroom. This research is to suggest effective English learning methods through a thorough investigation on the effectivity of various technologies based on the Web 2.0 such as Flickr, blogs, MySpace, and online discussion board within the context of the English learning. To verify the effect of the study, the subjects are divided into experimental and control group. The experiment is proceeded with pre- and post-test. The experimental group is designed to verify the effects using SNS tools such as Facebook, Bigdata, and Online Massive Learning. A survey is conducted to determine the preference of utilizing social networking sites and to analyze the effects in class. The result is that the average scores for experimental group have improved more than the average of control group. The comparison of pre and post-test of the experimental group shows that the significance of the higher and median group was statistically significant at the p<0.01.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.69-75
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• 2022

본 연구의 목적은 대학 온라인 영어쓰기수업에서 온라인 플랫폼, Padlet이 학생들의 영어쓰기 불안과 영어쓰기 전략에 어떻게 영향을 미치는지를 알아보는데 있다. 총 64명의 대학생이 연구에 참여하였고 영어 불안감, 영어쓰기 전략, 그리고 배경질문을 포함한 설문 작성을 완료하였다. 본 연구를 위해서, 1학기동안 쓰기 과제를 위해 Padlet을 사용한 실험 그룹과 대학 이러닝 플랫폼을 사용한 통제 그룹으로 나누어 실험이 진행되었다. 본 연구의 결과로 Padlet을 사용한 학생들은 대학 e-learning 플랫폼을 사용한 학생보다 영어쓰기 전략을 더 많이 활용하는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 Padlet 활용은 영어 쓰기 불안에 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치지 않았다. 영어 쓰기 불안은 영어수준별의 차이를 보였지만 수준과 상관없이 학기말에는 쓰기 불안이 감소했다. 본 연구의 결론으로 Padlet은 학생들의 영어전략을 적극적으로 활용하는데 유용한 온라인 학습도구이며 특히 영어쓰기수준이 낮은 학생들에게도 도움을 줄 수 있다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.719-730
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• 2013

S 대학교 교양필수 과목인 영어회화는 영어교육을 강화하기 위해 블렌디드 학습으로 설계되었다. 이 블렌디드 학습이 학습자의 학업성취도에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 알아보기 위해 학업성취도의 변인에 대한 연구가 진행되었다. 연구결과로 성별, 전공, 군복무, 해외거주 경험, 면대면 출석, 퀴즈, 온라인 출석이 학업성취도에 영향을 미치고 온라인 학습방식(학습장소, 학습시간, 학습빈도)은 학업성취도와 상관이 없는 것으로 나타났다. 온라인 학습만족도는 강사 만족도, 학습내용 만족도, 시스템 만족도로 나누어 조사했는데, 그 결과 단지 시스템 만족도만 학업성취도에 영향을 미친 것으로 나타났다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2021

본 연구의 목적은 실시간-비실시간 온라인플랫폼을 통한 역량강화중심 대학영어 교수-학습 모형을 개발하는 것이다. 본 연구에서의 대학영어 교수-학습 모형은 의사소통, 자기주도성, 협동성 등의 역량증진을 위한 딕토글로스 활동을 다양한 온라인플랫폼 기능 활용을 고도화하여 효과적으로 적용하기 위한 것이다. 딕토글로스는 의사소통의 네가지 기능(듣기, 말하기, 읽기, 쓰기)을 통합하여 사용하는 언어 교수-학습 활동이다. 본 연구에서의 대학영어 수업은 의사소통 중심 통합적 영어교육에 중점을 두고 있다. 그리고 본 연구에서의 교수-학습 모형은 구성주의 이론에 입각한 온라인기반 영어통합 교수-학습 방법으로서, 각 단계별로 학습자와 교수자의 역할을 제시하였다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.49-57
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• 2016

This paper aims to explore instructional design of a cyber classroom for secondary students' basic English language competence. A paucity of support for low or under achieving students' English learning exists particularly at the secondary level. In order to bridge the gap, there has been demand for online educational resources considered to be an effective tool in improving students' self-directed learning and motivation. This study employs a comprehensive approach to instructional design for the asynchronous cyber classroom with the underlying premise that different learning theories can be applied in a complementary manner to serve different pedagogical purposes best. Gagné's conditions of learning theory, Bruner's constructivist theory, Carroll's minimalist theory, and Vygotsky's social cognitive development theory serve as the basis for designing instruction and selecting appropriate media. The ADDIE model is used to develop online teaching and learning materials. Twenty-five key grammatical features were selected through the analysis of the national curriculum of English, being grouped into five units. Each feature is covered in one cyber asynchronous class. An Integration Class is given at the end of every five classes for synthesis, where students can practice grammatical features in a communicative context. Related theories, pedagogical practices, and practical web-design strategies for cyber Basic English classes are discussed with suggestions for research, practice and policy to support self-directed learning through a cyber class.