Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

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A Study on Youtube Video-Watching Activities and their Effects on Improving English Reading Comprehension Skills

유튜브 비디오 보기 활동이 영어 독해 능력 향상에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Na-Young (Department of General Education, Sehan University)
  • Received : 2019.02.15
  • Accepted : 2019.06.20
  • Published : 2019.06.28
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Abstract

In an effort to explore the effects of Youtube video-watching activities on Korean college students' English reading comprehension skills, 148 undergraduate students who enrolled in a General English class at a university in Korea participated in the present study. Participants were randomly classified into four groups - three experimental groups and one control group - according to when they watch videos: before class (n = 33), during class (n = 42), after class (n = 36), and none (n = 37). Over 16 weeks, the three experimental groups engaged in Youtube video-watching activities for about 10 minutes before, during, and after the class, while the control group did not. Pre- and post-tests were administered to confirm the effects of the use of Youtube videos on improving English reading comprehension skills. To compare the improvement between groups, a one-way ANOVA was also run. Major findings are as follows: First, participants in all the three experimental groups significantly improved their English reading comprehension skills, indicating the beneficial effects of Youtube video-watching activities. However, there was no statistically significant difference in the mean improvement between the groups. Based on this, limitations and suggestions for the future research are discussed at the end.

본 연구는 유튜브 비디오 보기 활동이 국내 대학생의 영어 독해 능력 향상에 미치는 영향을 조사한 것으로, 유튜브 비디오 보기 활동을 통해 국내 대학생의 영어 독해 능력이 실제로 상승하는지 여부를 알아보는 데 그 목적이 있다. 16주 동안 총 148명의 참가자가 세 개의 실험그룹과 한 개의 통제그룹으로 나뉘어 본 연구에 참여하였으며, 각각의 실험그룹은 수업 시작 전, 수업 중, 수업 종료 후 유튜브 비디오 보기 활동을 진행하였다. 연구 시작 전과 종료 후 각각 사전 사후 독해 능력 평가를 실시한 후, 대응표본 t-검증을 통해 유튜브 보기 활동의 효과를 파악하였고, 그룹 간 비교를 위해 일원분산분석을 실시하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과 및 시사점은 다음과 같다. 사전 사후 평가 결과 모든 실험 그룹에서 영어 독해 능력이 유의미하게 상승한 것으로 나타나 수업 전, 수업 중, 수업 후 유튜브 비디오 보기 활동의 효과를 증명하였다. 한편 독해 능력 상승에 대한 그룹 간 차이는 유의미하지 않은 것으로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구는 영어 독해 능력 향상을 위한 유튜브 비디오 활용에 대한 시사점을 제시하는데 그 의의를 갖는다.

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Fig. 1. YouTube Videos

Table 1. Participants

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Table 2. Changes in Reading Comprehension Skills

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Table 3. Improvement between Groups

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