• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.37-54
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• 2009

This study investigated vocabulary learning strategies used by EFL middle school learners in Korea and examined the relationship between the middle school learners' vocabulary learning strategy (VLS) use and their vocabulary proficiency level. One hundred and forty-one students in a public middle school participated in the study and the data for this study were collected from a vocabulary learning strategy questionnaire and a vocabulary proficiency test. Based on the result of the vocabulary proficiency test, the participants were divided into three proficiency groups: high-, mid- and low- level proficiency groups. The overall findings of the study revealed that the participants used cognitive strategies most frequently and social strategies least frequently. The most frequently used individual strategies were 'using a bilingual dictionary,' 'studying the sound of a word' and 'practicing words through verbal repetition.' The least frequently used ones were 'interacting with native speakers' and 'studying or practicing the meaning of a word in a group.' The research results also showed that the vocabulary proficiency level has a significant influence on the vocabulary strategy use. The more proficient learners used vocabulary learning strategies more actively. More specifically, the high proficiency level group used metacognitive strategies the most. The middle and low proficiency groups used cognitive strategies the most. It is suggested that language teachers should facilitate the vocabulary learning process by helping learners develop appropriate strategies.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.435-444
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• 2014

최근 외국어 학습에 있어 어휘 학습의 중요성이 부각되며 어휘학습전략 교육에 대한 관심이 급증하였다. 하지만 어휘학습전략 연구는 아직 미비한 상태로, 특히 어휘 학습이 필수적인 어린이 영어 학습자 대상의 연구가 필요하겠다. 따라서 본 연구는 초등학교 영어 교과서에 수록되어 있는 어휘학습 활동과 전략을 분석하여, 전반적인 사용 실태를 알아보고 어린이 영어어휘 지도에 주는 시사점을 논의하고자 한다. 이를 위해 초등학교 5학년 영어 교과서 중 총 3개의 교과서와 교사지도서를 선택하고, 수록된 어휘관련 학습활동들을 Schmitt(1997)의 어휘학습전략 분류표로 분석하였다. 연구 결과, 분석에 사용된 교과서 3종 모두 다양한 어휘학습전략의 종류를 포함하지 않았다. 3종의 교과서에서 사용된 전략은 상위전략인 발견전략과 강화전략 중 Y사 교과서에서 발견된 '영한사전을 이용한다'를 제외하고는 모두 강화전략이었으며, 암시적인 학습방법이 사용되었다. 우리나라 학습자들이 제한된 어휘학습전략을 선호하고 사용한다는 국내 선행연구 [2][4][23]의 결과를 고려해볼 때, 영어교육현장에서는 앞으로 보다 다양한 어휘학습전략을 여러 가지 방법으로 소개하고 활용해볼 수 있는 기회를 제공할 필요성이 있겠다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.27-56
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• 2011

The analysis on the use of lexical discovery and consolidation strategies that have been researched within the area of vocabulary learning strategies (VLS) have not sufficiently drawn the interest of EFL practitioners with regard to vocational high school learners. The results, however, are expected to have implications for the design of vocabulary tasks and instructional materials for EFL learners. The present study investigates EFL vocational high school learners' use of lexical discovery and consolidation strategies with questionnaires, where the use of the learners' lexical discovery strategies were further validated with the think-aloud methodology by asking samples of proficient and less proficient learners to report on their reading process while reading L2 texts that had not been exposed to the learners. The results indicated that there were significant differences between the two groups of learners in the employment of 11 of the strategies which were in the categories of determination, social, memory, and metacognitive strategies, but not for cognitive strategies. The pattern of strategies indicated that different lexical discovery and consolidation strategies were employed relatively more by one proficiency group than another. The study suggests some implications for how strategy-based instruction can be implemented in EFL classrooms.