• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.541-550
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• 2009

본 연구는 영어학습 영역별 (듣기쓰기능력, 단어수준, 스피킹, 단어기억, 리스닝) 성취도에 따른 대뇌피질 내의 뇌기능 활성화에 대한 관련성을 규명한 것이다. 좌뇌 기반으로 알려진 영어학습에 대한 우뇌적 요인에 대한 연구들이 진행되었다. 뇌기능 영상화 중에서 정량뇌파분석를 사용하여 영어학습에 관여하는 뇌 영역별 정량뇌파 결과를 분석함으로써 영어학습을 뇌 영역별 활성화로 변별할 수 있는 기준을 마련한 것이다. 영어학습의 좌우뇌 균형발달을 위한 지침을 제시하였으며 특정 학습영역과 연계한 뇌의 활성화를 제시함으로써 개인별 뇌 기능에 따른 영어학습 향상을 위한 뇌기능을 훈련할 수 있는 이론적 토대를 마련하였다 (권형규, 2008). 이를 통하여 단순한 이미지와 오감을 활용한 우뇌적 학습방향이 아니라 개인별 정량뇌파 데이터에 의한 통합뇌 훈련모형을 개발하였다. 정량뇌파 분석을 위해서는 피험자 개인별 영어능력 검사점수에 대한 뇌파지표를 도출하여 단계적 변수선택법에 의한 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.433-438
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• 2021

본 연구는 자동화된 어휘 분석 프로그램인 TAALES를 활용하여 영어능력 수준과 어휘의 정교화 지표간의 관계를 살펴본다. 본 연구에서는 ICNALE 코퍼스에 포함된 한국인 대학생이 작성한 에세이 600개를 분석하였다. 본 연구에서는 영어 수준별로 어휘의 정교화 특성이 통계적으로 유의미하게 다르게 나타나는가를 살펴보기 위해 다변량 분산분석이 수행되었다. 다변량 분산분석 결과 어휘의 정교화 지표가 통계적으로 유의미한 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 상. 중. 하의 세 개의 집단에 따라 어휘의 정교화 지표의 평균벡터에 유의미한 차이가 있고 상. 중. 하의 세 집단은 어휘의 정교화 지표의 사용이 유의미하게 다르다는 것을 보여준다. 세 집단 간에 가장 큰 차이를 보인 어휘의 정교화 지표는 내용어의 빈도, 내용어의 친숙도, 기능어의 어휘 결정 반응 평균 시간, 상위어 동사, 기능어의 워드 네이밍 반응시간, 내용어의 어휘 습득 연령으로 나타났다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.797-802
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• 2023

영어가 외국어로서 사용되는 환경에서 영어 말하기 연습 활동에 AI 음성 챗봇을 사용했을 때 영어학습자들은 발화 동기가 높아지고 의사소통 연습의 기회가 많아져 결과적으로 영어 말하기 능력을 향상 시킬 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 초등학생 저학년의 경우에도 쉽게 활용 가능하고 학습효과를 높일 수 있는 가르치기 방식의 AI 음성 챗봇을 제안한다. 시제와 맥락과 기억에 기반한 활동인 언어학습에 Teachable Agent 시스템을 적용하기 위해 Teachable Agent에 학습자의 영어 발음과 수준을 반영하고, 학습자 오류에 맞추어 에이전트의 답변을 생성하는 방식을 적용하여 새로운 방식의 TA를 제안하고 이를 적용한 Teachable Agent AI 챗봇 프로토타입을 구현하였다. 실제 초등 영어 선생님과 초등학생을 대상으로 사용성 평가를 진행하여 학습 효과를 입증하였다. 본 연구 결과는 역할 전환을 통해 학습에 흥미가 없는 학생 또는 초등 저학년들이 학습에 스스로 참여할 수 있는 동기부여를 할 수 있도록 적용할 수 있다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2010

This study examined the effects of previewing and providing background knowledge on low level EFL readers' comprehension of expository texts and their responses to these treatments. 130 college freshmen were randomly placed into one of three treatment groups and read two expository texts reflecting unfamiliar cultural information. Prior to reading, one group was given previewing instruction, which included vocabulary preteaching and summaries, and a second group was provided with culture-specific background knowledge through watching videos and slides. The third group read each text without any prereading instruction. Immediately after reading a passage, subjects answered a 10-item multiple-choice test. Results showed significant positive effects of the previewing treatment and weak positive effects of the providing background knowledge treatment. Students' responses on the questionnaires revealed that the majority felt that the experimental treatments contributed to comprehension enhancement, made reading more enjoyable, and expedited their reading process. Students in the control group, however, indicated that they needed explicit prereading instruction in order to understand the texts. Pedagogical implications of the findings for EFL reading instruction are provided.

• 한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.139-161
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• 2003

The progressive in English is taken to be an operator which takes a non-stative predicate and returns a predicate which denotes a process with a temporal frame around some definite time or event. When, it is combined with a predicate which has a culmination in the event, the sentence means that the culmination has not come yet. So the event denoted by the base predicate is not true at the current time. On the other hand, when it is combined with a predicate which has no culmination in the event, the event denoted by the base predicate is taken to be true. In this paper, this is explained by the semantics of the progressive based on the notion of contributiveness. I propose that a progressive sentence is verified by some subevents which are contributive to the current situation and the progress of the event beyond the threshold level of the event denoted by the base predicate. A sub-situation is contributive if the addition of it to the previous situation is more likely to lead to the whole situation than the previous situation.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.159-181
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• 2006

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of presentation-based instruction and to suggest a model of instruction targeted to the Korean intermediate level students learning English as a foreign language (EFL). To achieve this objective, the author examined how the acquisition of practical English through oral presentation would enhance the students' learning motivation, language abilities, and communicative competence in concrete situations. It was confirmed that the trained leader and systematic teaching and learning are needed to maximize the effects of presentation-based instruction. In doing so, the author compared and analyzed the collected data in order to support the validity of this teaching method. It was further pointed out that the teacher should have a close look at the roles of the presenter and learner in an effort to work out the usefulness of such an instruction model. The method of presentation in classroom settings would be a practical mode to attain the essential purpose of EFL teaching particularly to get over the drawbacks of Korean students' communicative competence. As a result, it would be an effective teaching method to meet the nation's long-standing demands for EFL education.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.187-210
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• 2006

This study aims to investigate the effects of the implementation of self-directed learning through the homepage between the teacher and the students for English reading classes. The study focuses on the questions of whether the self-directed learning through the homepage, compared to the teacher-centered learning, would enable a significantly positive change in the students' achievements and of what their responses to this new learning method are. 72 students were grouped into an experimental and a control group, and then each group was subdivided into three levels (high, medium, low) of proficiency. Findings demonstrate that the experimental group showed statistically more significant increases in their scores of reading proficiency test than the control group. For the question of students' responses to the learning experience, the three groups within the experimental group responded to a questionnaire survey with regard to the positive attitude of learning, the effectiveness of self-directed learning and its learning materials, and usability of the homepage. In general, the experimental group considered the experience satisfactory, although the degree of positive responses varied according to the proficiency level of the group. This suggests the importance and effectiveness of self-directed learning using the computer and internet as a supplementary learning tool.

• 한국언어정보학회지:언어와정보
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.67-91
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• 2010

Present study examines L1 transfer effect and UG involvement in the acquisition of binding properties of Korean as second language (L2). The study especially investigates i) whether knowledge from different L1s (English and Chinese) affect the interpretation of binding in Korean as L2 and ii) whether L2 learners of Korean differentiate two Korean anaphors like Korean monolinguals do, based on their knowledge of universal form-function correlation of anaphors. 53 post-puberty L2 learners of Korean with English or Chinese L1, together with 30 Korean monolinguals, were tested over Truth Value Judgment Task with stories, composed of Korean sentences representing various types of binding with two Korean reflexives - caki and caki-casin. The results showed some effect of L1 transfer, though not always. Overall, late L2 learners of Korean seem to know the difference between the two anaphors in their properties related to form-function correlation, though their performance level was lower compared to Korean monolinguals. Detailed pattern of the results and the role of UG in the interpretations of Korean reflexives are also discussed.

• 음성과학
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.33-51
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• 2008

Difference of learner speech and loanword phonology is investigated in terms of Korean learners' speech and their loanword adaptation of English words with a post-vocalic word-final stop. When we compared the speech of 12 Korean learners in mid-intermediate level with that of eight English speakers, the learner speech did not reflect loanword phonology of the vowel insertion after a voiced word-final stop (e.g., rib$[\dotplus]$, bad$[\dotplus]$, gag$[\dotplus]$ vs. tip[=], cat[=], book[=]), but, instead, the target phonology of vowel lengthening before a voiced word-final stop (e.g., rib[r.I:b], CAD$[k{\ae}:d]$, bag$[b{\ae}:g]$ vs. rip[rI.p], cat$[k{\ae}t]$, back$[b{\ae}k])$. A longitudinal study of learner speech before and after instruction showed some development toward the acquisition of target phonology. The results indicate that learner speech departs from loanword phonology, and approaches to target speech in a faster rate than direct ratio. Thus, native phonology predicts loanword phonology, but lends little support to learner speech. Our results also indicate that loanword phonology is constant, while learner speech changes toward the acquisition of target phonology.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2000년도 7월 학술대회지
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• pp.165-165
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• 2000

In the phoneme level, English stop sounds are classified with the feature of 'voicing': voiceless and voiced (p/b, t/d, k/g). But when realized, a voiceless stop is not alwats the same sound. For example, the two 'p' sounds in 'people' are different. The former is pronounced with much aspiration, while the latter without it. This allophonic differnece between [$P^h$] and [p] out of an English phoneme /p/ can be well explained to Koreans because in Korean these two sounds exist as two different phonemes {/ㅍ/ and /ㅃ/ respectively). But difficulties lie in teaching the English voiced stop sounds (/b, d, g/) to Koreans because in Korean voiced stops do not exist as phonemes but as allophones of lenis sounds (/ㅂ, ㄷ, ㄱ/). For example, the narrow transcription of '바보' (a fool) is [baboo]. In the word initial position, Korean lenis stops are pronounced voiceless and even with a slight aspiration while in the inrervocalic environments they become voiced, That is in Korean voiced stops do not occur independently and neither they have their own letters. To explain all these more effectively to Koreans, it is very helpful to use Korean Phenetic Alphabet (KPA) which is devised by Dr. LEE Hyunbok (a professor of phonetics at Seoul National Univ. and chairman of Phonetic Society of Koera.)(omitted)