• 한국수학사학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.83-102
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• 2007

한 학기 동안, 영어를 사용한 대학 수학 과목 강의를 하여 수강한 학생의 강의된 내용 및 영어 습득 정도를 측정하였다. 9주 간격을 두고 사전 및 사후 시험을 치른 결과 수학 강의 내용면에서, 영어로 강의한 반이 우리말로 강의한 반에 비하여 많은 학습을 이루었음을 알 수 있었다. 특히, 영어로 강의한 반 학생들은 실험에서 사용된 수학 시험문제 가운데 어려운 문제에서 큰 진보를 보였다. 또한 영어로 강의한 반의 학생들의 수학 관련 영어는 향상된 반면 일반적 영어는 향상을 보이지 않았다. 본 논문은 이러한 결과를 통하여 영어로 된 수학 표현을 이해하고 제대로 사용하는 능력이 영어로 된 수학적 지식 습득의 일부분이며 따라서 교과 내용의 습득과 불가분의 관계임을 시사한다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2022

The current study was designed to explore whether taking English pronunciation classes could improve the realization of English rhythm by Korean learners of English. Specifically, this study used various rhythm metrics to examine the extent to which the learners' speech became rhythmically similar to the target language after taking classes that focused on English pronunciation. Sixteen learners who took a 15-week English pronunciation course at a university read an English passage twice (at the beginning and the end of the semester). The rhythm metrics such as Deltas, Varcos, and Pairwise Variability Indices were calculated for the learners' speech, as well as that of 8 native speakers of English. The results demonstrated that the learners' speech was slower, and they put more frequent within-sentence pauses than the native speakers even after the classes. The analyses also indicated that the speech recorded at the beginning of the semester was rhythmically much more different from the target language than at the end of the semester. After the classes, however, the learners' consonantal intervals became much more target-like, while the vocalic intervals were rhythmically even further from those in the target language. Overall, the findings suggested that the pronunciation classes helped the learners to produce English speech that was rhythmically similar to the native speakers.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2017

The current study investigated whether Korean learners' English-learning environments, especially target English accent (General American English (GAE) vs. Southern British English (SBE)) and English-language experience affected their production of English vowels. Thirty six EFL learners, 27 ESL-US learners, and 33 ESL-UK learners produced 8 English vowels with a bVt frame (beat, bit, bet, bat, bought, bot, boat, boot). The learners' productions were acoustically analyzed in terms of F1 and F2 frequencies. The overall results revealed that the learners' target accent had an effect on their production of some English vowels. The EFL and ESL-US learners' (especially, female learners') production of bought, bot, boat, and boot, which show characteristic differences between the GAE and SBE accents, was closer to that of the native American English (AE) speakers than the native British English (BE) speakers. In contrast, the ESL-UK learners' production of bought and bot demonstrated the opposite pattern. Thus, the impact of target accent was not demonstrated across the board. The effect of the learners' different English-language experience was also rather limited. This was because the EFL learners' production was not much different from the ESL-US learners' production, in spite of the ESL-US learners' residence in the US for more than 9 years. Furthermore, the Korean learners, irrespective of their different English-language experience, tended to produce bit and bat with lower F1 than the native AE and BE speakers, thus resulting in bit and bat to be produced similarly to beat and bet, respectively. This demonstrates the learners' persistent L1 effects on their English vowel production despite the learners' residence in the English speaking countries or their high English proficiency.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2019

이 연구의 목적은 거꾸로 학습(Flipped Learning) 전략에 있어서 교양영어 학습자의 자기조절학습 능력이 전통 학습(Traditional Learning) 있어서의 자기조절학습 능력과 비교했을 때 유의미한 차이를 가져올 것이라는 연구 가설을 바탕으로 본 연구에서는 교양영어와 교양스페인어에 있어서 거꾸로 학습 전략이 학습자의 자기조절능력에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 고찰해보았다. 2018년 9월 10일부터 2018년 12월10일까지 교양 영어와 교양스페인어 수강생 총 81명을 대상으로 하였으며 사전 사후 자기조절 테스트를 통해서 1) 인지조절능력, 2) 동기조절능력, 3) 행동조절능력 세 개의 영역의 변화를 고찰했고 3개의 영역은 6개 하위영역, 총 65개의 항목으로 구성된다. 연구결과, 자기조절학습능력에 있어서 동기 조절의 경우 유의미한 결과가 나타나지 않았지만, 영어와 스페인어 수업 모두 인지 및 행동조절 학습능력에 있어서 통계적으로 유의한 차이를 보였다.

• 한국영어학회지:영어학
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.123-147
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• 2002

As far as the recent ELT research concerned, it seems to have been no hot ‘theoretical’ issues, but ‘practical’ ones in general: e.g., learners and learning, components of proficiency, correlates of L2 learning, etc. This paper focuses on the theme given above, with a special reference to the sub-title: specifically, 1) World English, world Englishes and world's lingua franca; 2) ENL, ESL and EFL; 3) Grammars, style manuals, dictionaries and media; 4) Pronunciation models: RP, BBC model and General American, Network Standard; 5) Lexical, grammatical variations and discourse grammars; 6) Beliefs and subjective theories in foreign language research; 7) Dilemma among radical, canonical and eclectic views. In conclusion, the author offers a modest proposal: we need to appeal to our own experience, intention, feeling and purpose, that is, our identity to express “our own selves” in our contexts toward the world anywhere, if not sounding authentic enough, but producing it plausibly well. It is time for us (with our ethno-cultural autonomy) to need to be complementary to and parallel with its native speakers' linguistic-cultural authenticity in terms of the broadest mutual understanding.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.407-415
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• 2015

오프라인 English Zone이란 교실 내에서 학습자가 영어로 말하고 듣고, 알고 싶은 단어나 내용을 스스로 찾고 연습하고 그 결과를 확인할 수 있도록 만든 물리적 환경을 말한다. 그러나 제한적이고 인위적 환경에 의존할 수밖에 없는 오프라인의 English Zone은 쇼핑 존, 레스토랑 존, 병원 존 등의 소규모 영어 마을처럼 인위적인 공간을 설정하여 학생들이 자발적으로 Role Play를 체험할 수 있는 환경을 제공해야 하는 극히 제한적인 운영이 될 수밖에 없다. 본 연구의 목적은 이러한 오프라인에서의 English Zone 프로그램을 활용한 학습방법이 가지고 있는 환경적인 제한성의 문제점을 분석하고 유비쿼터스 개념에 기초하여 멀티미디어 도구 활용, 무선 인터넷 활용과 SNS를 활용한 온라인 English Zone 프로그램의 활용 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• 음성과학
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.171-184
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• 2001

American English vowels and Korean vowels were compared by the plotformant method. For American English vowels, six General American English speakers pronounced English words in the b_t environment. For Korean vowels eight Kyongsang dialect speakers and eight Seoul dialect speakers pronounced Korean words in the environments of k_t, p_t and t_t. The formant plots were obtained by plotting F1/F2 tokens of 13 American English vowels on the F1xF2 plane. In spite of personal variations the 13 vowel spaces of all six American English speakers maintained their relative positions with some overlaps. Clear distinctions were made between i-I, e-$\varepsilon$, u-$\sigma$, and o-c. The domain of c and $\alpha$ overlapped for three American English speakers, but it did not for three other speakers. The 8 Korean vowel spaces of Kyongsang dialect speakers and Seoul dialect speakers were very similar and maintained their relative positions. No distinction was made between e and $\varepsilon$. In contrast with American English e which is a neutral vowel, Korean e was a back vowel. The comparison of 13 American English vowel positions and 8 Korean Vowel positions is expected to shed some light on the errors of English vowel pronunciation of Korean learners.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권12호
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• pp.129-140
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• 2019

본 연구는 온라인으로 학습하는 사이버대학생들을 대상으로 영어 학습 동기와 탈동기 요인과 학생들의 특성에 따른 동기와 탈동기 차이를 알아보았다. 이를 위하여 서울 소재 H 사이버대학교 재학생 중 교양영어 수업을 수강하는 총 498명을 대상으로 설문을 통해서 자료를 수집하였다. 수집된 자료는 빈도, 기술통계, t-검정, ANOVA로 분석하였다. 분석결과 대상자들의 영어 학습 동기 하위요인 별 평균은 이상적 제2 언어 자아가 가장 높았고 다음으로 도구성(장려)의 순이었다. 영어 학습 탈동기 하위요인 별 평균은 불안감, 부정적인 학습투자 가치의 순서였다. 대상자들의 특성에 따른 영어 학습 동기와 탈동기 차이 분석으로는 영어 학습 동기에서는 성별의 경우 필연적 제2 언어 자아 요인에서 남성이 여성보다 높게 나타났다. 직업 유무는 도구성(장려) 요인에서 학생인 대상자의 점수가 높게 나타났다. 나이에서는 경쟁적 동기 요인과 도구성(장려) 요인에서 대상자의 나이가 젊을수록 높게 나타났다. 영어 학습 탈동기 차이에서는 불안감, 수동적 학습 태도, 부정적인 학습투자 가치 요인에서 모두 여성이 높은 점수를 나타냈다. 직업 유무는 부정적인 학습 투자 가치 요인에서만 직업을 가지고 있는 대상자의 탈동기 요인 점수가 높게 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 다양한 목표를 가진 사이버대학교 성인 영어 학습자를 위한 온라인 영어교과 개발에 참고자료로 사용될 수 있을 것이다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.149-155
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• 2023

Since developing digital technology requires new skills in digital literacy, digital competence also has become a keystone in English classes. This study explores three aspects of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners' digital confidence: information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, and digital content creation, based on the European Digital Competence Framework for Citizens (DigComp). The participants were 150 Korean college students enrolled in two general English classes, and their English proficiency levels were from basic to advanced; each level consisted of 30 participants. In order to assess their digital confidence, I designed a Google survey form and collected data during two semesters. The survey results revealed that the participants had highest digital confidence in information and data literacy and overall, the female participants showed higher digital confidence than their male counterparts. It also showed that the learners' English proficiency and computer skills are important factors.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.576-582
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• 2022

In this paper, we discuss the relative positioning of Wh-related English prepositions in a Wh-interrogative construction within the Optimality Theory [1-2]. By employing the two key constraints such as ^*Prep-Str and Align which are developed for the positioning of Wh-related prepositions from Romance languages such as French and Italian [3] and for the positioning of Wh-related prepositions from the middle English prose from 1500 to 1900 [4-6], and by slightly modifying the constraint hierarchy of ^*Prep-STR >>Align into ^**PrepSTR <<>>Align, Choi argues that his new theory can properly explain the unique behaviors of English Whrelated prepositions being able to take two 'optional' operations such as pied-piping and stranding to find legitimate landing sites in a Wh-interrogative construction [7]. However, this new analysis again reveals the following critical problems: (1) Unlike the 'light' English Wh-related prepositions which can two optional operations for legitimate landing sites in a Wh-interrogative construction, 'heavy' Wh-related English prepositions are not allowed to have such two options: they take just one option of pied-piping only. Thus, (2) his argumentation based on the existing constraints and the modified constraint hierarchy is neither general enough nor proper to explain the issue of the relative positioning for all English Wh-related preposition cases. To include such exceptional syntactic property of the 'heavy' preposition cases within the Optimality Theory, we suggest a new constraint of ^*HPrep-STR ranked at the highest position of the constraint hierarchy to disallow a 'heavy' or multi-syllabic Wh-related English preposition to stay alone at the end of a sentence. The new final hierarchy of constraints we suggest to explain the exceptional positioning of 'heavy' Wh-related prepositions together with the other 'light' Wh-related prepositions in English Wh-interrogative construction will be as follows: ^*HPrep-STR>>Align<<>>^*Prep-STR.