• 한국영어학회지:영어학
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.233-254
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• 2003

This paper analyzed the effect of using a content-based English textbook in teaching English to Korean college students. The textbook reflected the recent trend in EFL/ESL development that subject matters should be taught as part of the language instruction. The analysis of the questionnaire survey conducted to college students at the end of the semester revealed an encouraging result that this new type of ELT college textbook is effective in helping Korean college students prepare for learning their subject areas through English. Based on this positive outcome, a suggestion is made that the current general purpose college English teaching curriculum be shifted toward a content-based specific purpose type to accommodate the increasing demand of learning subject areas through English in colleges in Korea.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.197-218
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to help the students in middle school improve their English listening comprehension by presenting effective teaching and learning techniques using animation. A good animation provides a self-contained world with language expressed in a virtual context. A few animation such as "Mulan", "The Emperor's New Clothes", and "Gulliver's Travel" are presented. The materials are primarily for English listening comprehension, enhance awareness of American culture and life-styles, and to encourage students' active role in learning English. It is suggested that their use with content-based instruction, where animation provides relevant schema background, makes language relevant and comprehensible. Practical aspects of classroom instruction are discussed, focusing on the adaption of pre-viewing, while-viewing, and post-viewing activities to the selected animation. It is concluded that careful animation selection, purposeful lesson planning, and the integration of pre-viewing, while-viewing, and post-viewing activities into the content-based lesson encourage natural language skills, especially the listening comprehension and students' interest in English.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.103-114
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• 2002

Language plays a central role in everyday communication activities. Therefore, an individual need to be able to use language to communicate with confidence and without fear. One of the major fears that people have is the fear of communication. This fear is most of the time due to a lack of confidence in communicating in a particular language or due to poor proficiency in the language. In some cases it can also be due to attitudinal problems. In the context of teaching and learning English as a second or foreign language, students can have a great fear of using English with confidence. This fear can be an acute one and thus students may avoid using English to communicate. However, non native speakers of English need to be highly competent in the use of the English language for a variety of communicative purposes particularly in meeting the challenges of globalisation and that of the digital age. This article presents some insights on language apprehension found among communication undergraduates who are non native speakers of English.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.27-46
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• 2007

Teachers can maximize students' L2 learning by knowing preferred learning styles. This paper presents the results of a survey that asked 309 English learners to identify their perceptual learning style preferences. It further compared students' favored learning styles in terms of their gender and major field of study and explored a possible link between learning styles and English achievement. Collected data using Reid's (1995) questionnaire were analyzed by descriptive statistics, MANOVA, ANOVA, correlations, multiple regressions including squared partial correlations, and Cronbach's alpha. The results indicated that Korean students favored English learning in group regardless of gender, while their preferred mode of learning was significantly different in regard to their major field of study. Certain learning styles might be profitable for English achievement. Multiple regression analyses revealed that individual mode of learning was the best predictor of students' English achievement. It furthermore showed significant relationships between visual and individual styles of learning and English performance. The findings of the study reflected students' English learning context in which English native-speaking teachers frequently used communicative pair and small group activities for speaking practices that were consonant with students' learning styles.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.57-76
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• 2005

This study provides a rationale for using project-based learning with Korean students of English in Korea; in addition, it describes the process of creating and implementing project-based learning in the classroom and gives examples of how this unique teaching and learning method has been used successfully to teach learners with different levels of English proficiency. The first two chapters of the study examine the nature of project-based learning by comparing it with related fields of study, such as language teaching syllabi and methods, cognitive psychology, constructivists' views and interaction theory. The latter part of the study deals with issues related to applying project-based learning in Korean English classes. It emphasizes the importance not only of motivating active group effort and participation, but also in creating a trusting, cooperative relationship between group members in order to have a successful accomplishment of a project. The study concludes with implications for future studies.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제9권spc호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2003

This paper aims to propose that Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a method that can help meet the conditions in language learning and instruction. PBL was first used in medical education, where learners engaged in problem-solving activities that reflect the demands of real-life professional practice, thus promoting critical thinking in the content domain. The paper proposes that by applying PBL in language learning and creating situations in which learners work collaboratively on problems, the learners benefit in two respects: (i) they have the opportunity to practise the kind of thinking skills and problem-solving strategies needed in real life, and (ii) they engage in purposeful language activity with others through discussion and negotiation. The paper first provides a theoretical rationale far the use of PBL in language learning and suggests attendant changes in the role of a language instructor in a PBL context. The paper then presents an outline of the stages and components needed in designing an online PBL Unit far use in an undergraduate language class.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제6호
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• pp.219-239
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• 2000

There has been a growing enthusiasm in Korea for the early education of English as a foreign language (EFL). The present study examined the validity of the Critical Period Hypothesis in terms of the Universal Grammar (UG), in three different types of learning contexts - first language (L1), second language (SL), and foreign language (FL) learning contexts. While previous research findings in L1 and SL learning contexts suggest that UG principles and parameters are accessible to language learners only for the early years of lifetime, this article argues that their results - and even the methods - cannot be applied to EFL settings and that independent studies on the EFL context are, required. It also proposes the recent UG notion of functional categories as the most appropriate subject in the discussion of Korean EFL learners' access to UG. Findings on foreign language contexts, including the author's own, strongly indicate that UG is not sensitive to learners' starting ages in FL settings. If young children in FL contexts cannot develop their interlanguage grammar based on UG, the existing teaching methods for young children should be revised.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제6호
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• pp.35-47
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• 2000

This study questions the validity of Crosslinguistic Influence (CLI) in EFL Learning. A ten-minute grammaticality judgement test involving resumptive pronouns in English relative clauses was given to 15 female subjects. The research results, which were analysed in terns of language transfer and universalist arguments, support the existence of a universal process that guides L2 learning, and some common developmental patterns between the two processes of L1 and L2 learning. Hence, the universalist view should be given at least equal Weight as the CLI approach.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제29권9호
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• pp.69-77
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• 2024

본 연구는 GPT-2-Small 버전 모델을 사용하여 한국어와 영어를 학습하는 이중 언어 모델의 성능을 평가하고, 다양한 학습 조건이 모델 성능에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 연구 방법으로 단일 언어 학습, 순차 학습, 순차-교차 학습, 순차-EWC 학습의 네 가지 조건을 설정하여 모델을 훈련하였다. 국립국어원 말뭉치와 영어 위키피디어 말뭉치를 사용하고, PPL과 BLiMP 지표를 통해 성능을 측정하였다. 연구결과, 단일 언어 학습 조건에서 PPL 값은 16.2, BLiMP 정확도는 73.7%로 가장 우수한 성능을 보였다. 반면, 순차-EWC 학습 조건에서는 PPL 값이 41.9로 가장 높았고, BLiMP 정확도는 66.3%로 가장 낮았다(p < 0.05). 단일 언어 학습이 이중 언어 모델 성능 최적화에 가장 효과적임을 확인하였다. 이는 결정적 시기 이론에 따라 모델이 단일 언어에 최적화될 때 더 나은 성능을 보인다는 것을 의미한다. 또한, 프로그래밍 가소성을 조절하는 EWC 정규화를 적용한 지속 학습 조건에서는 성능 저하가 두드러졌는데, 이는 정규화가 가중치 업데이트를 제한하여 새로운 언어 학습 능력을 저하시켰다는 것을 의미한다. 본 연구는 언어 모델링에 대한 이해를 높이고, AI 언어 학습에서 인지적 유사성을 개선하는 데 기여한다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.189-196
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• 2023

본 연구는 정보통신기술(IT)의 발전으로 외국어 교육과 학습에서 기존의 전통적인 '훈련과 연습(drill and practice)'의 방법에서 벗어난 '컴퓨터 보조언어학습(Computer-assisted learning: CALL)'과 '모바일 지원 언어학습(Mobile-based Language Learning: MALL)'이 실제로 어학 교육에 미치는 영향을 분석한다. 연구 대상은 비교적 영어 능력이 상대적으로 우수하지 않고, 또한 영어학습에 대한 동기부여를 충분히 느끼지 못하는 전문대학 1학년 학생들을 대상으로 진행하였다. 연구 방법은 멀티미디어 저작 도구를 이용하여 디지털 콘텐츠를 제작하여 이러닝(e-learning) 시스템에 등재하여 교육보조재료로 한 학기 동안 활용한다. 동영상 콘텐츠는 컴퓨터, 스마트폰, 테블릿, 노트북 등 다양한 매체로 접근하여 활용할 수 있도록 구성한다. 동영상 콘텐츠에 대한 설문조사를 통하여 콘텐츠의 구성, 학습에 도움 여부, 보완해야 할 부분, 콘텐츠 접근 빈도, 학습경로 등을 분석한다. 분석의 결과를 통하여 정보통신기술을 활용한 어학 학습의 효과, 교육용 콘텐츠의 개선해야 할 부분 및 교육에 어떻게 활용해야 하는지에 대해 제언한다. 궁극적으로는 '플립러닝((Flipped Learning)'을 위한 컴퓨터 및 모바일 매체에 대한 효용성 분석과 활용방안을 제언한다.