Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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Relationship between college students' English learning beliefs and their English achievement in e-learning

대학 이러닝 학습자의 영어학습믿음과 영어성취도 관계 분석

  • Cho, Hyewon (Dept. of Liberal Arts, Far East University)
  • Received : 2016.09.22
  • Accepted : 2016.11.20
  • Published : 2016.11.28
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Abstract

This study aims to examine English learning beliefs of Korean college students enrolled in e-learning courses and to investigate the relationship between their beliefs and L2 achievement. Horwitz's Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory was used to elicit students' beliefs about English learning and their grades in a final exam were employed for the English achievement measure. The data from one hundred sixteen respondents were analyzed through a factor analysis and the analysis revealed 5 factors: Motivation, learning strategies, English aptitude, foreign language aptitude, and communication strategies. The results showed that the most of the e-learning students had a high level of motivation and expectation in learning English but they believed that they had a low language aptitude. Statistically significant correlation was found between students' beliefs in motivation and their L2 attainment.

이 연구는 이러닝 수업을 듣는 대학생들의 영어학습믿음이 무엇인지 조사하고, 대학 이러닝 학습자들의 영어학습믿음과 수업성취도 사이에 상관관계가 있는지 조사하는데 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 Horwitz의 언어학습믿음목록 설문지를 이용하여 학생들에게 제공하였다. 141명 중 불성실한 답이나 무응답을 한 학생들을 제외하고 총 116명의 응답 데이터가 이연구의 분석 대상이었다. 요인분석 결과 얻어진 5개의 요인은 동기, 학습전략, 영어능력, 외국어능력, 의사소통전략이었고, 대부분의 대학생들은 언어학습에 대한 높은 동기와 기대를 갖고 있으나 자신의 언어능력이 없거나 부족하다고 믿는 것으로 나타났다. 학업성취도와의 상관관계분석 결과, 학습자의 동기에 대한 믿음이 학업성취도에 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구는 학습자의 동기에 대한 긍정적인 믿음을 높이기 위한 교수법이나 수업 커리큘럼 제작이 중요하다고 제안한다.

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