• 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.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.237-254
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• 2011

This study investigated Korean university students' perceptions of NESTs (Native English Speaking Teachers) and NNESTs (Non-native English Speaking Teachers) in TEE (Teaching English through English) courses to examine strengths and weaknesses of NESTs and NNESTs. 100 university students who had an experience in taking TEE courses with both NESTs and NNESTs answered the questionnaire in which they were asked to answer questions of general area, language skills, affective areas, and teaching behaviors. 20 students out of them were also interviewed to consolidate the data. The results revealed that except for speaking ability, students did not express a strong preference for NESTs and they did have a preference in learning some specific skills. In terms of affective areas, students had a preference for NNESTs. In addition, there were differences in teaching behaviors of NESTs and NNESTs. These findings have valuable implications for NNESTs to improve their speaking proficiency: analyzing and participating in discourses, and monitoring teaching practice through videotaping.

• 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.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.615-623
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• 2013

세계화의 변화에 유연하게 대처하기 위한 교육적 노력의 일환으로 공교육에서의 원어민 교사 수업의 활용이 높아지고 있다. 질 높은 의사소통 능력의 향상이 원어민 수업으로 가능한지 알아보고자 이 논문에서는 영어교육에서의 원어민영어교사 활용 종합 실태 분석을 실시하였다. 이 논문의 분석 연구에서 한국인 협력교사들의 원어민 교사에 대한 인식은 영어 원어민 교사의 투입이 반드시 필요한 것인지에 대한 인식을 알아보고자 한다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2019

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the realization of speech rhythm in English as spoken by Korean learners of English. The study particularly aims to examine the rhythm metrics of English read speech by learners who speak Busan or the South Kyungsang dialect of Korean. Twenty-four learners whose L1 is Busan Korean and eight native speakers of English read a passage wherein five sentences were segmented and labeled as vocalic and intervocalic intervals. Various rhythm metrics such as %V, Varcos, and Pairwise Variability Indexes (PVIs) were calculated. The results show that Korean learners read English sentences with significantly more vocalic and consonantal intervals at a slower speech rate than native English speakers. The analyses of rhythm metrics revealed that when the speech rate was not normalized, Korean learners' English showed more variability in the length of consonantal and vocalic intervals. However, speech-rate-normalized rhythm metrics for vocalic intervals indicated that Korean learners transferred their L1 rhythmic structures (a syllable-timed language) into their L2 speech (a stress-timed language). Overall, the results suggest that Korean learners' English reflects the rhythmic characteristics of their L1. The effect of the learners' L1 dialect on the realization of L2 speech rhythm is also speculated.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.345-355
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 영어 영재 학생들과 일반 중학생의 영어 평가 지문을 읽는 동안 메타인지 읽기전략사용의 차이점을 알아보고자 하는데 있다. 이를 위해, C시의 영어 영재 74명과 일반 중학생 90명을 대상으로 연구를 실시하였다. 두 그룹의 연구 대상자들의 메타인지 읽기전략을 살펴보기 위해 학기 말에 두 연구대상자들에게 MARSI 설문지를 배포하여 작성하게 하였다. 연구 대상자들의 메타인지 읽기전략의 차이점을 분석하기 위해 빈도 분석과 t-검정을 실시하였다. 그 결과, 일반적으로 영어 영재 학생들과 일반 중학생들이 영어 평가 지문을 읽는 동안의 메타인지 읽기전략 사용에는 차이를 보였다. 다시 말해, 영어 영재 학생들이 일반 중학생들에 비해 영어 평가 지문 읽기에서 더 자주 메타인지 읽기전략을 사용하는 것으로 나타났다. 개별 전략에 대해 말하자면, 영어 영재 학생들이 일반 중학생들에 비해 총체적 전략과 문제해결 전략을 더 자주 사용하는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만, 두 그룹의 연구대상자들은 지원전략의 사용에서는 통계적으로 유의미한 차이를 보이지는 않았다. 이 연구 결과를 바탕으로 본 연구는 영어 영재 학생들과 일반 중학생을 위한 효과적인 영어 읽기 지도에 대한 교육적인 시사점을 제공할 것이다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.510-521
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• 2011

본 연구는 부산시에 소재하는 어린이집 원장과 교사의 영아조기영어교육에 대한 인식과 실태를 알아보는 것을 목적으로 어린이집 원장 108명과 교사 241명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 수집된 자료는 SPSS 12.0 통계프로그램을 사용하여 빈도분석, $X^2$ 검증, 교차분석을 실시하였으며, 연구결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 영아조기영어교육의 교육목표, 교육내용, 교육방법, 적합한 교사, 교사의 자질, 개선점에 대한 원장과 교사의 인식은 차이가 없었으며, 적합한 교재, 어린이집 교육과의 관계에 대한 인식은 차이가 있었다. 둘째, 어린이 집의 영아조기영어교육의 실태를 살펴 본 결과 실시하게 된 계기는 원장의 교육관에 의해서라는 응답이 가장 많았으며, 실시방법은 간단한 회화 중심으로 주 1~2회 정도로 횟수로 실시하고 있는 곳이 가장 많았다. 본 연구 결과는 영아조기영어교육의 활성화를 위한 기초자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 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.

• 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.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.344-351
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• 2016

Recently, mobile application for english vocabulary learning is being developed actively. However, most mobile English vocabulary learning applications did not effectively connected with the technical advantages of mobile learning. Also,the study of mobile english vocabulary learning app are still insufficient. Therefore, this paper development a english vocabulary context-learning Agent that can practice context learning more reasonably using a location-based service, a character recognition technology and augmented reality technology based on smart phones. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed agent, we have measured the precision and usability. As results of experiments, the precision of learning vocabulary is 89% and 'Match between system and the real world', 'User control and freedom', 'Recognition rather than recall', 'Aesthetic and minimalist design' appeared to be respectively 3.91, 3.80, 3.85, 4.01 in evaluation of usability. It were obtained significant results.