• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.183-206
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether using English newspapers as supplementary teaching materials for the present textbook could increase students' English reading ability, interest in class and their willingness to take an active part in activities. Schools in rural areas, compared to urban schools, did not have the appropriate resources to teach students effectively. Understanding the disadvantages of the students in rural areas, one idea was to use newspapers to inspire the students to reach outside their local community and incorporate new styles of English and cultural aspects into their lives. The participants were 2nd grade high school students in the rural area. The experimental group received reading lessons with the textbook and English newspapers. They were also encouraged to make their own portfolios. The control group received reading lessons with the textbook and other supplementary materials. Before and after the experiment, reading comprehension tests as well as the questionnaires of interest and self-directed learning were administered. The results of this study were as follows: First, students' English reading ability was significantly improved in the experimental class using English newspapers. Second, students' interest and self-directed learning were positively increased in the same class above.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.707-715
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• 2015

컴퓨터 기술의 발달로 인해 만화로 된 영상과 대화형 삽화를 제공하는 멀티미디어 매체들이 점차 교육용 자료들로 각광받고 있다. 따라서 종전의 전통적인 교육 자료들과 비교했을 때 멀티미디어 자료들이 학습에 더 효율적인지 조사할 필요가 있다. 어떠한 환경가운데 좀 더 효율적인 학습이 될 수 있는지 연구하는 것이 필요하다. 본 연구는 전통적인 영어 읽기와 쓰기 학습방법과 삽화나 애니메이션을 사용하는 교육용 멀티미디어 매체를 기반으로 하는 학습과의 비교 연구를 하고자 한다. 학생들의 실험집단과 통제집단으로 구분하여 6개월간의 실험과 서로 다른 교육 자료를 적용하여 설문조사와 평가를 기반으로 그 결과를 영어 교육에 새로운 접근 방법을 제시하고자 한다.

• 영어영문학
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.189-215
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• 2008

This study proposes using children's literature as a means of teaching and learning English as a foreign language and suggests practical strategies on the basis of transactional theory of reading suggested by Rosenblatt (1994, 1995). This study suggests three novels written for children or young adults: On My Honor (1986) by Marion Dane Bauer, The Giver (1993) by Lois Lowry and Hatchet (1987) by Gary Paulsen. These texts were selected because of their diverse topics, easy and comprehensible language, engaging stories, and authentic and rich expressions, making them effective materials for foreign language learners. This paper is organized as follows: First, it reviews research on teaching literature in English education and response-oriented language teaching to provide theoretical background of literature-based language teaching and learning. Second, it provides the background of the texts selected for the study. Third, it develops diverse, practical strategies for instructors who intend to use children's literature in EFL teaching. We expect to guide EFL instructors in adopting children's literature in their English class by connecting theory and practice and by providing diverse methods and strategies, and sample responses by EFL university students.

• 인지과학
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.325-353
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• 2016

읽기의 초기 단계에서 처리되는 글자의 정보량을 지칭하는 시각 폭은 개별 글자의 획수가 증가하거나 폰트의 종류, 고정된 지면에서 차지하는 잉크의 면적, 글자 간의 간격과 같은 복잡성 요인들에 의해 영향을 받는다. 한글은 자음과 모음들이 조합되는 독특한 알파벳-음절 표기법을 사용하는 글자 체계를 가지고 있어 영어나 중국어를 중심으로 한 결과들에 비해, 자모구성의 글자 유형에 따라서도 복잡성이 달라질 수 있다는 특수성이 있다. 본 연구에서는 세 글자 쌍 패러다임을 이용하여 글자의 유형에 따라 한글 읽기 시각 폭의 크기가 영향을 받는지 살펴보았다. 그리고 여러 글자 유형의 시각 폭 중 읽기 능력의 개인차를 예측하는 글자 유형을 확인해보고자 시각 폭과 읽기 폭, 읽기 유창성, 읽기 이해와의 상관도 살펴보았다. 실험결과, 글자 유형이 복잡해질수록 글자 재인 정확률이 감소하고 시각 폭이 줄어드는 경향이 관찰되었으나 자음+모음+자음의 형태가 자음+모음 형태보다 글자 재인율이 높고 시각 폭도 큰 것으로 나타나 자모조합의 복잡성에 따른 영향이 선형적이지 않고 다른 요인이 개입할 가능성이 관찰되었다. 자음만 제시한 조건과 CV조건의 글자 재인율은 읽기 이해와 정적 상관을 보여 향후 읽기 능력과 관련한 시각 폭 측정 시 사용할 수 있는 글자 유형으로 나타났다.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2007년도 한국음성과학회 공동학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.95-98
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• 2007

This study investigates pause positions of Korean students' reading of an English script. 12 natives speakers of English and 18 Korean students were asked to read The North Wind and the Sun. The common pause positions were determined by examining the pauses of the native speakers' readings. Korean students were asked to mark pauses on a script. And then they were trained to put pauses as native speakers of English do. Although some errors have been corrected after the training, others have not been corrected in Korean students' readings. Korean students made fewer errors in marking on the script than in reading the script. They seem to know where to put pauses, but lack of practice makes it difficult to put pause in the right positions when they read. That suggests that teachers should continue to teach students where to put pauses in their reading or speaking English.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.1-27
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• 2006

This study investigated how EFL readers critically read texts which are written in English. Although critical reading has been discussed in advanced EFL and ESL contexts there has not been much research on the critical reading of beginning EFL learners. Many educators are recommending that a critical perspective be adopted so that L2 learners can become empowered rather than indoctrinated. In this study, the researcher has examined the critical reading practices of five beginning level EFL readers in Korea and five first language readers of English in the United States as they read a news editorial article. The significant findings were discussed related to critical reading practice of L2 readers. The findings of the study can help the educators in English education in improving the curriculum, the teaching methodology and the learning theory for EFL reading for critical reading.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.209-235
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• 2005

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effectiveness of reciprocal teaching procedure for improving Korean college students' reading comprehension of English text. In particular, this study sought to explore the qualitative features, if any, in students' use of reading comprehension strategies presented in the process of Reciprocal Reading Procedure (RRP). In order to accomplish the goal of the study, transcripts of the students' dialogues, open-ended questionnaires, and researchers' observation notes were examined. The results of the study showed that the participants used different four kinds of reading strategies in the process of RRP (questioning, clarifying, predicting, summarizing). The findings also suggested that the readers with limited knowledge of vocabulary had difficulty in moving on to the next level. Additionally, future research direction and some pedagogical implications are presented for the practical EFL classroom.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.21-40
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• 2004

This study Questioned what happens in L2 reading comprehension of the expository text, as measured by recall and inference-making abilities, when a L2 reader was induced to develop a content schema about the topic of a target text, but the structure of that schema departs from the structure of the target text Seventy-four. Korean university students read either the same version text twice (consistent condition) or two different version texts (inconsistent condition) with a three-day interval between the two readings. The results of a verification test indicate that, for those subjects with higher L2 reading proficiency, the inconsistent condition was more beneficial than the consistent condition for the inference-making task. On the other hand, for lower-level L2 readers, the consistent condition was more favorable for the recall task. It was concluded that inducing a structurally inconsistent schema through an L2 pre-reading would be beneficial only when the reader's L2 linguistic ability is proficient enough to produce necessary propositions from the pre-reading.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.77-106
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• 2004

This study aims to investigate how the four college students interact with one another to discuss and construct meaning in a small reading group. Additionally, this study attempts to examine how the participants played their roles in the group. Data sources consisted of transcripts of the students' interactions, questionnaires and informal interviews, and the researchers' observation notes. The data revealed that the participants contributed fairly steadily to the interactions by checking with own grammatical knowledge, providing lexical information, understanding the micro level context, and presenting the macro level context. Several pedagogical implications are presented for the practical classroom. Findings of the study suggest effective ways to implement group activities in reading classes and a teacher's role for optimum group learning.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2013년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.1490-1492
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• 2013

최근 들어 스마트폰과 같은 휴대용 장치에 안드로이드 운영체제가 널리 탑재되면서, 안드로이드용 애플리케이션이 활발히 개발되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 텍스트를 음성으로 변환하는 안드로이드용 TTS(Text-to-Speech) 애플리케이션을 개발한다. 기존의 유사 TTS 애플리케이션들과 달리, 본 논문에서 개발한 애플리케이션은 사용자가 직접 입력한 임의의 텍스트를 음성으로 읽어주는 기능과 미리 저장되어 있는 전자책을 불러와 음성으로 읽어주는 기능을 모두 제공한다. 또한 한글과 영어를 모두 지원하기 때문에, 한글 텍스트와 영어 텍스트를 모두 사용할 수 있다. 따라서 본 애플리케이션은 여러 사용자에 의해 다양한 용도로 사용될 수 있다.