• 한국게임학회 논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.35-48
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• 2010

본 연구는 모바일의 장점이 영어어휘 학습에 새로운 환경을 제공해 줄 수 있을 것으로 보고 초등영어학습자들을 위한 모바일 게임용 영어어휘 학습 목록과 함께 그 적용 방법을 제시하고자 한다. 이를 위해서, 첫째, 영어교육 과정의 초등 필수 어휘목록, 초등 영어교과서 어휘, 그리고 초등 영어단어집으로부터 초등학교 5, 6학년 학습자들의 어휘학습에 적합한 기본 어휘목록을 선정하였다. 둘째, 기존에 상용화 중인 모바일 게임을 분석하여 영어어휘 학습용 게임으로 적합한 것을 선정하였다. 마지막으로, 선정된 게임에 구축된 어휘목록을 적용해 개발하였다.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.235-245
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• 2013

최근 '영어 회화'에 대한 국민적 관심이 지속되고, '스마트폰 게임'이 게임 산업의 주류로 급부상하고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서 영어 회화 학습과 스마트폰 게임을 접목하여 '영어 회화 학습을 위한 스마트폰 기능성 게임'을 설계 및 구현하였다. 영어 문장 패턴 구조를 단어, 구문, 문장으로 나누어 단계적 반복학습을 유도하였으며, 스테이지별 다른 유형의 게임을 통하여 흥미를 제공하고자 하였다. 그러나 테스트 결과 지속적인 사용자 흥미 유발에는 보완되어야 할 부분이 도출되었으며 이를 개선하기 위한 게임의 변화요소 추가 및 난이도 조정 등의 연구가 뒤따라야 할 것이다.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제27권5호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2021

본 연구는 모바일 플랫폼 환경에서 언어 기반의 교육 콘텐츠 지원을 위한 텍스트 인터페이스를 제안한다. 이는 손 글씨를 통해 단어를 작성하는 입력 구조로 딥 러닝을 활용한다. 모바일 플랫폼 콘텐츠의 버튼, 메뉴 등을 활용한 GUI (Graphical User Interface)와 화면 터치, 클릭, 드래그 등의 입력 방식을 기반으로 손 글씨를 사용자로부터 직접 입력하여 처리할 수 있는 텍스트 인터페이스를 설계한다. 이는 EMNIST (Extended Modified National Institute of Standards and Technology database) 데이터 셋과 훈련된 CNN (Convolutional Neural Network)을 사용하여 알파벳 텍스트를 분류하고 조합하여 단어를 완성한다. 최종적으로 영어 단어 교육 콘텐츠를 직접 제작하여 제안하는 인터페이스의 학습 지원 효과를 분석하고 만족도를 비교하기 위한 실험을 진행한다. 동일한 교육 환경에서 기존의 키 패드 방식의 인터페이스와 제안하는 손 글씨 기반 텍스트 인터페이스를 서로 체험한 사용자들이 제시하는 영어 단어를 학습하는 능력을 비교하고, 인터페이스를 조작하여 단어를 작성하는 과정에서의 전체적인 만족도를 분석, 확인하도록 한다.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2021

The current study investigated cyber learners' use and perceptions of online machine translation (MT) tools. The results show that learners use several MT tools frequently and extensively for various second language learning (L2) purposes according to their needs. The learners' overall perceptions of using MT for English learning were generally positive. The learners reported several advantages of machine translation: ease of use, helpful feedback, effective revision, and facilitation of self-directed learning. At the same time, a considerable number of learners were aware of MT's drawbacks, such as awkward sentences, inaccurate grammar, and inappropriate words, and thus held a negative or skeptical view on the quality and accuracy of MT. These findings have important pedagogical implications for using MT in the context of a cyber university. For successful integration of MT in English classes, teachers need to provide appropriate guidelines and training that will help learners use MT effectively.

• 컴퓨터교육학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.99-106
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• 2014

본 연구는 영어 단어 학습의 핵심 인지기능인 작업기억의 음운고리를 적극적으로 활용하게 하는 영어 단어 제시 방법이 무엇이고 이 방법이 외국어 학습 동기 정도에 따라 효과가 다르게 나타나는지를 두실험을 통해 검증하였다. 실험1에서 학습자에게 음운고리를 최소 3회 사용하게 하는 제시 방법과 1회 사용하게 하는 제시 방법 그리고 자신이 제시 횟수 및 제시 시간을 조정할 수 있는 조건을 제시하였다. 실험1결과 3회 제시 조건이 1회 제시 조건에 비해 학습효과가 더 높게 나타났다. 실험2에서 외국어 학습 동기가 높은 집단과 낮은 집단에게 3회 제시 조건과 자기 조절 조건을 제시하여 학습 효과를 검증하였다. 실험2결과 고-동기 집단의 경우 제시 방법에 따른 학습의 정도는 차이가 없었지만, 저-동기 집단의 경우 자기 조절 조건에서 더 좋은 성과를 보였다. 이에 본 연구는 논의에서 컴퓨터 및 디지털 환경에서 영어 단어를 어떻게 제시해야 학습효과가 증진될 수 있는지를 제안하였다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.89-112
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• 2005

This study investigated the effects of collocation-based vocabulary instruction for the experimental group (G2). It was compared to the traditional wordlist-based vocabulary instruction for the control group (G1). This results reflect the development of low level high school EFL learners' vocabulary learning strategy use and the positive change in the affective domain. In the analysis of the survey responses, G1 and G2 did not differ significantly on the first questionnaire. They did, however, differ significantly on the second questionnaire. G2 used more strategies to discover and to consolidate the meaning of the words by means of combining words. In terms of the affective domain, G2 participated more actively in the learning activities, which had a significant effect on vocabulary growth, memory, self-confidence, motivation, and cooperative learning. This is attributable to the fact that G2 was more inquisitive, interested, challenged, participatory, cooperative, and attentive than G1 in performing the vocabulary task activities. Moreover, the data collected from the questionnaire showed that G2 performed more interactive and dynamic activities in solving the given tasks.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.291-320
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• 2010

The Bible has been and still is one of the most influential books ever published. The English Bible has a great impact on English language, literature, and culture. Therefore, knowledge of the Bible is essential in learning English language, its literature, culture and tradition. Biblical allusions are found in great literature and the daily newspapers as well. Rock musicians, screenwriters, television producers, and advertisers use the Bible as a source. Politicians use the words and accounts of the Bible to frame their debates. The Bible has continued to be philosophically, ethically, religiously, and politically influential in Western, Eastern, now World cultures. Therefore, not to know it means not to understand a great portion of world culture. This study examines the influence of the first book of the Bible, Genesis, in English language, literature, and culture. Furthermore, this study suggests why we should incorporate the English Bible in English education.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.141-166
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• 2015

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of using visual stimulation and gesture, namely embodied language learning, on learning achievement and learner's course interest in the EFL classroom. To investigate the effectiveness of the proposed purpose, thirty two third-grade elementary school students participated and were assigned into four English learning class conditions (i.e., using animated graphic and gestures condition, using only animated graphic condition, using still pictures and gesture condition, and control condition). The research questions for this study are addressed below: (1) What differences are there in post and delayed learning achievement between imitating gesture group and non-imitating one and between animated graphic group and still picture one? (2) What differences are there in course interest between imitating gesture group and non-imitating one and between animated graphic group and still picture one? The Embodiment-based English learning system for this study was designed by using Microsoft's Kinect sensing devices. The results of this study revealed that students of imitating gesture group memorized and retained better words and sentence structure than those of the other groups. As for learner's course interest measurement, imitating gesture group showed a highly positive response to attention, relevance, and satisfaction for curriculum and using animated graphic influenced satisfaction as well. This finding can be attributed to the embodied cognition, which proposes that the body and the mind are inseparable in the constitution of cognition and thus students using visual simulation and imitating related gesture regard the embodied language learning approach more satisfactory and acceptable than the conventional ones.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.37-55
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• 2005

This study examines the effects of two motivational orientations on the use of language learning strategies at overall, category, and specific-item levels. 184 students (males and females) from a Korean university responded to the following two questionnaires: the Motivational Orientation Questionnaire (MOQ) developed by the author and Oxford's Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL). The results showed that both integratively- and instrumentally-oriented students were moderate strategy users overall. Integratively-oriented learners were found to use learning strategies more often and a broader spectrum of strategies than instrumentally-oriented learners. A noteworthy finding, however, is that strategy use was not motivation orientation-specific. In other words, the two motivational groups were found to share the similar patterns of strategy use. Independent samples t test results revealed that integratively-oriented students exhibited significantly greater use of overall strategy than instrumentally-oriented students. This phenomenon held true for the use of cognitive, metacognitive, and social categories. At the specific item levels, 13 of the total 50 individual strategies were shown to be employed significantly more often by integratively motivated learners than by their instrumentally motivated peers.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.163-174
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• 2014

Korean L2 speakers have many problems learning the pronunciation of English words. One of these problems is vowel epenthesis. Vowel epenthesis is the insertion of vowels into or between words, and Korean learners of English typically do this between successive consonants, either within clusters, or across syllables, word boundaries or following final coda consonants. The aim of this study was to investigate whether individual differences in vowel epenthesis are more closely related to the perception and production of segments (vowels and consonants) and prosody or if they are relatively independent from these processes. Subjects completed a battery of production and perception tasks. They read sentences, identified vowels and consonants, read target words likely to have epenthetic vowels (e.g., abduction) and demonstrated stress recognition and epenthetic vowel perception. The results revealed that Korean second-language learners (L2) have problems with vowel epenthesis in production and perception, but production and perception abilities were not correlated with one another. Vowel epenthesis was strongly related to vowel production and perception, suggesting that problems with segments may be combined with L1 phonotactics to produce epenthesis.