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The Efficacy of Using a Learning-App in a Zoom-Based English Class in the Untact Era

언택트 시대 줌 기반 영어 수업에서 학습 앱 활용의 효율성

  • Received : 2021.02.24
  • Accepted : 2021.04.20
  • Published : 2021.04.28

Abstract

This study examined how the use of learning apps in Zoom-based classes affects learners' English achievement and assessed the efficiency of app use in Zoom-based English classes. The study utilized the English Central (EC) app to induce learners to actively participate in zoom-based classes. To assess the app's efficiency, two rounds of achievement tests and an open-ended questionnaire were administered. The two tests showed that Zoom-based EC app utilization classes positively affected learners' English achievement and the questionnaire revealed that the learners were highly satisfied with using the EC app in Zoom-based classes. The participants praised this approach for "complementing insufficient class content" and facilitating "immediate feedback" (on the EC app), "English practice," and "real-time communication and sharing of opinions" (on Zoom-based classes), describing it as "not boring" and "4 skill training in English." Instructors should strive to efficiently use such new teaching tools in the evolving environment of the untact era.

본 논문의 목적은 줌을 기반으로 학습용 앱 활용이 학습자들의 영어 성취도에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고 이를 통해 줌 기반의 학습용 앱을 활용한 영어 수업의 효율성을 고찰하고자 한다. 본 연구는 줌 기반 수업에서 English Central 앱을 활용하였으며 이를 통해 다양하면서도 학습자들의 참여를 유도하는 영어 활동을 수행하였다. 줌 기반의 EC 앱 활용 수업의 효율성을 파악하기 위해 1차와 2차 성취도 테스트, 개방형 설문조사를 실시하였다. 두 차례의 테스트 결과 줌 기반의 EC 앱 활용 수업은 학습자들의 영어 성취도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 설문 조사결과 학습자들은 줌 기반 수업과 EC 앱 활용에 대해 만족도가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 줌 기반 수업에 대한 만족의 이유는 "부족한 수업 내용 보완", "영어 연습", "실시간 소통과 의견 공유" 으로 나타났다. 학습용 앱 활용에 대해 만족하는 이유는 "지루하지 않음", "영어의 4기술 훈련", "즉각적인 피드백"으로 나타났다. 변화된 언택트 시대 교수자들은 변화된 환경에 맞는 변화된 수업 도구의 효율적 사용을 위해 노력해야 한다.

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