• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.19-34
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• 2005

Hypertext raises question to general assumptions about our conventional conceptions of education. In this essay, three kinds of learning-models are presented by the application of "writing" hypertext literature to the English education of the elementary school. These models, which I call the "scene-centered" system, give knowledge to learners in non-linear, non-sequential structure. The term "scene" is a single concept or idea composed of a single sub-text, which is to be made by the group of students. This system is focused on the collaborative composition of students. Students, by generating sub-texts and connecting texts, perform the educational activities to expand the source text. The "scene-centered" system is, to put it into a Barte's term, a "writerly text." But in order to "write," "reading" should be accompanied. So, this system is a learning model in which writing and reading are carried on simultaneously. In all the process, students play a role of multi-user, with three access rights: read, write, and annotate. So, students making use of hypertext systems will act as reader-authors. And teachers will take the new role in collaborative writing environment. No longer the central authoritarian evaluator, they will become consultants, co-writers, coaches of their students.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.121-134
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to investigate the optimal conditions for designing tasks appropriate to the elementary classroom based on the correspondence with the national curriculum, integration among four skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), authenticity, and interactivity. For this study, two primary English teachers volunteered to participate in the case study conducted in the spring semester of the 2012 school year. Each class observed was composed of 29 and 30 sixth graders (12-year-old learners). Data were collected through classroom observation and lesson plans. Optimality theory was used to analyze data from the lessons. From the findings, the overall ranking of constraints is Curriculum ${\gg}$ Integration ${\gg}$ Authenticity ${\gg}$ Interactivity. It is also shown that for teacher 'L', the tasks such as 'guessing game', 'photo of me', and 'role play' were appropriate to help students ask questions and give reasons for their choices. As for teacher 'C', the tasks such as 'hand spans', 'transport survey', and 'picture telling' needed to be considered in order to help students understand and write comparative sentences.

• 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.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.139-144
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• 2010

본 연구에서 초등학생의 영어, 수학 교육에 아이들이 쉽게 접근 할 수 있도록 게임적 요소, Single Display Groupware(이하 SDG) 기술을 적용한 프로그램을 구현하였다. SDG란 하나의 컴퓨터 디스플레이에 다중 입력장치로 협동적인 작업을 할 수 있는 시스템을 말한다. SDG 기반의 영어, 수학 프로그램을 통해 학습자들은 협동학습을 수행하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 협동학습 프로그램 구현과정을 기술한다. 이 프로그램을 사용하여 초등학교 학생들에게 사용성 테스트를 실행하였다.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.45-52
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• 2010

본 연구는 초등학교 영어수업에서 UCC 동영상과 PPT가 미국문화 이해도와 영어교과 흥미도에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 알아보았다. 실험집단은 UCC 동영상을 활용한 미국문화 수업, 통제집단은 PPT를 활용한 미국문화 수업을 초등학교 5학년 학생 68명을 대상으로 5개월 동안 시행하였다. 실험을 통해 도출된 결론은 다음과 같다. 실험집단의 학생들은 통제집단 학생들에 비해 문화 이해도가 유의미한 향상을 보인 것으로 분석되었다. 실험집단의 학생들은 통제집단 학생들에 비해 영어 교과에 대한 흥미도는 큰 차이를 보이지 않았지만, 영어 학습 동기와 영어 학습에 대한 흥미도는 통제집단에 비해 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 실험집단을 대상으로 한 UCC 동영상 활용에 대한 유용성과 흥미도 결과 UCC 동영상을 활용한 수업이 미국문화 이해도와 영어교과 흥미도에 효과가 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.985-994
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• 2009

This research is exploratory in considering the unique socio-cultural context of South Korea, where the present government is responding to the demand for English language training. The study asked the question: What do mothers experience when sending their young children to a private English institute, so called English kindergarten, instead of a regular preschool? A qualitative approach was used to analyze the in-depth interviews with 19 mothers who sent their young child to an English kindergarten. Mothers stated that their young child needs to be a competent English speaker. The mothers expected that an English kindergarten would prepare their child better for the elementary school English curriculum than a regular preschool. The study revealed that English kindergartens symbolized the precedence and the privileges of the elite because of their high tuition fees, native-speaker teachers, and small class sizes. The mothers showed a sense of pride and vicarious satisfaction from sending their child to an English kindergarten. However, the mothers recognized that English kindergartens put more emphasis on cognitive learning instead of the social development of children. It was almost impossible for mothers to communicate with the native-speaker teachers about their child. The mothers seemed to overlook their child's struggle to adapt to an English Kindergarten. The findings of the study raise issues concerning the boom of teaching young children English in Korea.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2000년도 7월 학술대회지
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• pp.235-240
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• 2000

In the age of global communication, more human exchange is extended at the grass-roots level. In the old days, language policy and language planning was based on one nation-state with one language. But high waves of globalizaiton have allowed extended human flow of exchange beyond one's national border on a daily basis. Under such circumstances, homogeneity in Japan may not allow Japanese to speak and communicate only in Japanese and only with Japanese people. In Japan, an advisory report was made to the Ministry of Education in June 1996 about what education should be like in the 21st century. In this report, an introduction of English at public elementary schools was for the first time made. A basic policy of English instruction at the elementary school level was revealed. With this concept, English instruction is not required at the elementary school level but each school has their own choice of introducing English as their curriculum starting April 2002. As Baker, Colin (1996) indicates the age of three as being the threshold diving a child becoming bilingual naturally or by formal instruction. Threre is a movement towards making second language acquisition more naturalistic in an educational setting, developing communicative competence in a more or less formal way. From the lesson of the Canadian immersion success, Genesee (1987) stresses the importance of early language instruction. It is clear that from a psycho-linguistic perspective, most children acquire basic communication skills in their first language apparently effortlessly and without systematic and formal instruction during the first six or seven years of life. This innate capacity diminishes with age, thereby making language learning increasingly difficult. The author, being a returnee, experienced considerable difficulty acquiring L2, and especially achieving native-like competence. There will be many hurdles to conquer until Japanese students are able to reach at least a communicative level in English. It has been mentioned that English is not taught to clear the college entrance examination, but to communicate. However, Japanese college entrance examination still makes students focus more on the grammar-translation method. This is expected to shift to a more communication stressed approach. Japan does not have to aim at becoming an official bilingual country, but at least communicative English should be taught at every level in school Mito College is a small two-year co-ed college in Japan. Students at Mito College are basically notgood at English. It has only one department for business and economics, and English is required for all freshmen. It is necessary for me to make my classes enjoyable and attractive so that students can at least get motivated to learn English. My major target is communicative English so that students may be prepared to use English in various business settings. As an experiment to introduce more communicative English, the author has made the following syllabus design. This program aims at training students speak and enjoy English. 90-minute class (only 190-minute session per week is most common in Japanese colleges) is divided into two: The first half is to train students orally using Graded Direct Method. The latter half uses different materials each time so that students can learn and enjoy English culture and language simultaneously. There are no quizes or examinations in my one-academic year program. However, all students are required to make an original English poem by the end of the spring semester. 2-6 students work together in a group on one poem. Students coming to Mito College, Japan have one of the lowest English levels in all of Japan. However, an attached example of one poem made by a group shows that students can improve their creativity as long as they are kept encouraged. At the end of the fall semester, all students are then required individually to make a 3-minute original English speech. An example of that speech contest will be presented at the Convention in Seoul.

• 정보교육학회논문지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.223-231
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• 2012

최근 스마트폰 보급에 따른 디지털 네이티브의 등장으로 교육에 있어서도 이에 걸 맞는 변화가 필요하게 되었다. 기존의 E-Learning, U-Learning 을 보다 학습자 중심, 맞춤형 교육에 근접하도록 실현할 수 있는 교수학습용 자료와 소프트웨어가 필요한 것이다. 이에 따라 초등학생의 발달 단계에 맞는 음성언어 중심의 영어 학습 프로그램을 교육과학기술부가 추천하는 초등학생을 위한 영어 단어를 기반으로 한 스마트폰에서 학습할 수 있도록 어플리케이션을 설계하고 구현하여 초등학교 학교 현장에서의 스마트러닝의 적용 및 발전을 위한 창의적인 아이디어를 제시해 보고자 한다.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.89-115
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• 2014

This research aims to develop an elementary school English e-learning system based on the 'Self-determination theory (SDT)', which is widely applied to traditional face-to-face foreign language classes. The study also attempts to verify whether SDT-a traditional motivational theory that has been applied to face-to-face classes- is effective in an e-Learning environment with students who use this newly developed system. For the purposes of this project, the following three actions were carried out. First, a motivational strategy based on SDT was deduced. In SDT, the needs for autonomy, competence, and relatedness were introduced as basic psychological needs, and assumed that these three needs provided the natural motivation for learning, growth, and development. Second, an e-Learning system was created based on the deduced motivational strategy. Third, the system was implemented in 115 private tuition academies, and education was provided to 1,400 users for one year across the country. Afterwards, by surveying users, correlation between the role of the three psychological needs in learning English, and also the correlation between each need and motivation were investigated. Research results showed that traditional motivational theories used in face-to-face classes so far were effective in an e-Learning environment.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.79-92
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• 2017

본 연구의 목적은 2013년에 방영된 '조기영어교육 열풍, 신음하는 아이들' 시사다큐멘터리의 서사구조를 Chatman(2003)의 모형으로 분석하는 것이다. 통합체 분석을 위해 사건의 전개에 초점을 맞추어 이야기의 내용 흐름을 탐색하고, 계열체 분석을 통해서는 텍스트에 잠재되어 있는 이항대립 구조를 분석했다. 해당 방송은 '균형-혼란-재균형'의 서사 구조를 바탕으로, 영어 몰입교육 금지에 따른 혼란의 상황이 영어 사교육 시장을 확장시켰으며, 학생들의 영어학습이 점점 앞당겨지는 상황이 발생했고, 그로 인해 새로운 해결책을 모색할 수밖에 없다는 내용으로 전개시켰다. 그러나 조기 영어교육의 열풍을 유발했다는 정부의 목소리는 제대로 등장하지 않고, 피해자로 위치화된 학생들의 모습도 구체적으로 묘사되어 있지 않은채, 학부모, 사립초등학교 관계자, 영어학원 관계자들이 조기 영어교육의 열풍과 영어 몰입교육의 행위를 유발하는 핵심 주체로 등장하고 있다. 또한 조기 영어교육 열풍을 잠재울 해결안으로 정서적 단면, 교수 방법적 차이 등을 다루면서 보다 중층적인 진단과 대안을 모색하지 못했다.