• 비교문화연구
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• 제35권
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• pp.339-368
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• 2014

In Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, phoneme-based pronunciation teaching such as tone, consonants, vowels is the most common teaching methods. Based on main character of Chinese grammar: 'lack of morphological change' in a narrow sense, was proposed by Lv Shuxiang and Zhu Dexi, I designed 'Communicative oriented Chinese pronunciation teaching method'. This teaching method is composed of seven elements: one kind is the 'structural elements': phoneme, word, phrase, sentence; another kind is the 'functional elements': listening, speaking and translation. This pronunciation teaching method has four kinds of practice methods: 1) phoneme learning method; 2) word based pronunciation practice; 3) phrase based pronunciation practice; 4) sentence based pronunciation practice. When the teachers use these practice methods, they can use the dialogue and Korean-Chinese translation. In particular, when the teachers use 'phoneme learning method', they must use Korean and Chinese phonetic comparison results. When the teachers try to correct learner's errors, they must first consider the speech communication.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.85-106
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• 2012

This paper examines the role of extensive reading in foreign language learning classrooms. The effects of extensive reading are shown both positive and negative as in Krashen (1999) and Spada (1997), particularly researches done in classroom setting. Extensive reading is hard to implement in foreign language classrooms due to the stringent school curricula despite its benefits in cognitive and affective domain of learners. This study searched 21 papers from research database on extensive reading researches in a classroom setting and synthesized 55 cognitive effects and 11 affective effects from these papers under investigation in a manner of quantifying their means and standard deviations to derive generalizations. Research synthesis in this manner has secured its own status of scientific investigation by providing secondary researchers with replicable methods that produce verifiable findings. The syntheses of researches show that extensive reading is effective in both literacy skills and other language skills such as listening and writing. It also shows positive effects across different age groups, but the effect sizes are different in that elementary and adults gained more positive effects than middle and high school students.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.131-152
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• 2003

The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between the introduction order of 9 English morphemes in the English textbook used in the middle school and the learning order of the morphemes by the 7th graders learning English as a foreign language. The subjects are 139 students in two middle schools, who learn English with different textbooks. The introduction order of each morpheme in two textbooks was examined according to its quantity and frequency. Data on the real learning order were collected through the written SLOPE test, and each morpheme was ranked by its group score. The introduction order of each morpheme in the textbook and the real learning order were analyzed by Spearman rank order correlation. It was shown that the correlation between the two was very low. This means that those textbooks do not take the learning order of English morphemes into account. Also it was shown that in the earlier stage of learning English the introduction order of each morpheme in the textbook had much influence on its learning order, but in the later stage such influence reduced gradually. This means that the learning order of English morphemes approaches the natural order as time passes by.

• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.325-330
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• 2022

본 논문은 한국 수어에 대하여 수어 인식, 수어 번역, 수어 영상 시분할과 같은 수어에 관한 딥러닝 연구를 위한 데이터셋의 수집 및 실험을 진행하였다. 수어 연구를 위한 어려움은 2가지로 볼 수 있다. 첫째, 손의 움직임과 손의 방향, 표정 등의 종합적인 정보를 가지는 수어의 특성에 따른 인식의 어려움이 있다. 둘째, 딥러닝 연구를 진행하기 위한 학습데이터의 절대적 부재이다. 현재 알려진 문장 단위의 한국 수어 데이터셋은 KETI 데이터셋이 유일하다. 해외의 수어 딥러닝 연구를 위한 데이터셋은 Isolated 수어와 Continuous 수어 두 가지로 분류되어 수집되며 시간이 지날수록 더 많은 양의 수어 데이터가 수집되고 있다. 하지만 이러한 해외의 수어 데이터셋도 방대한 데이터셋을 필요로 하는 딥러닝 연구를 위해서는 부족한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 한국 수어 딥러닝 연구를 진행하기 위한 대규모의 한국어-수어 데이터셋을 수집을 시도하였으며 베이스라인 모델을 이용하여 수어 번역 모델의 성능 평가 실험을 진행하였다. 본 논문을 위해 수집된 데이터셋은 총 11,402개의 영상과 텍스트로 구성되었다. 이를 이용하여 학습을 진행할 베이스라인 모델로는 수어 번역 분야에서 SOTA의 성능을 가지고 있는 TSPNet 모델을 이용하였다. 본 논문의 실험에서 수집된 데이터셋에 대한 특성을 정량적으로 보이고, 베이스라인 모델의 실험 결과로는 BLEU-4 score 3.63을 보였다. 또한, 향후 연구에서 보다 정확하게 데이터셋을 수집할 수 있도록, 한국어-수어 데이터셋 수집에 있어서 고려할 점을 평가 결과에 대한 고찰로 제시한다.

• 아동학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.159-168
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• 2016

Objective: This study investigated the age at which monolingual children can understand that different languages are different conventional systems of communication. In particular, we investigated when children can suspend using the mutual exclusivity (ME) assumption that a label solely refers to one category when interpreting novel words from foreign languages. Methods: Two-year-olds (n = 16) and 3-year-olds (n = 16) participated in the procedure, which consisted of three blocks. In the first block, a Korean speaker taught the children a novel word, muppi, referring to a novel object. The children were presented with two objects, muppi and another novel object. The Korean speaker then asked the children to find a referent of either muppi or the other novel Korean label, kkati. In the second block, a foreign language (either English or Spanish) speaker asked children to find the object for a foreign novel word, sefo, presenting two objects: muppi and the third novel object, which had not been presented before. The procedure of the third block was identical to that of the first block. Results: Three-year-olds exploited the ME assumption when interpreting a Korean novel word but not when interpreting a foreign novel word. In contrast, 2-year-old children did not use the ME assumption when interpreting native and foreign words. Conclusion: Children acquire an understanding that native and foreign languages have different words for an object at least by 3 years of age.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권12호
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• pp.1069-1078
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• 2013

이 논문은 언어수업에서 문화를 가르치는 것에 관한 것이다. 많은 교사들이 외국어를 가르치면서 동시에 문화를 가르치는 것을 부담스러워 하며 두려워하기까지 한다. 정치, 경제, 역사, 예술, 문학 등 객관적인 문화를 가르치는 것을 두려워하지는 않지만 의사소통능력과 관련된 문화인 주관적인 문화를 지도하는 것에는 난색을 표명한다. 본고에서는 언어수업에서 문화 지도를 할 수 있는 간단한 3단계 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 이는 Lange, Bennett 그리고 Moran의 방법을 혼합하여 재구성한 방법이다. 첫 번째 단계는 자기중심적 세계를 탈피하고 두 번째 단계는 자신의 문화와 목표 문화를 비교하여 문화에 대한 자각력을 키우고 세 번째 단계는 목표 문화에 적절히 반응하는 것이다. 교재는 영화를 사용한다. 영화 속에 나타난 문화적 양상이 일상과 관련된 주관적 문화이므로 언어수업에서 가르치고자 하는 문화와 일맥상통한다. 또한 영화는 학생들이 좋아하는 장르이므로 이점이 있다. 문화 교육을 위한 이 조그마한 제안이 나와 다른 인종들을 서로 이해하며 존경하는 세상이 오는 데 일익을 담당하기를 기대해 본다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.3-18
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• 2009

Do loanword properties emerge in the acquisition of a foreign language and if so, how? Classic studies in adult language learning assumed loanword properties that range from near-ceiling to near-chance level of appearance depending on speech proficiency. The present research argues that such variations reflect different phonological types, rather than speech proficiency. To investigate the difference between learner speech and loanword phonology, the current research analyzes the speech data from five different proficiency levels of 92 Korean speakers who read 19 pairs of English words and sentences that contained loanwords. The experimental method is primarily an acoustical one, by which the phonological cause in the loanwords (e.g., the insertion of [$\Box$] at the end of the word stamp) would be attested to appear in learner speech, in comparison with native speech from 11 English speakers and 11 Korean speakers. The data investigated for the research are of segment deletion, insertion, substitution, and alternation in both learner speech and the native speech. The results indicate that learner speech does not present the loanword properties in many cases, but depends on the types of phonological causes. The relatively easy acquisition of target pronunciation is evidenced in the cases of segment deletion, insertion, substitution, and alternation, except when the loanword property involves the successful command of the target phonology such as the de-aspiration of [p] in apple. Such a case of difficult learning draws a sharp distinction from the cases of easy learning in the development of learner speech, particularly beyond the intermediate level of proficiency. Overall, learner speech departs from loanword phonology and develops toward the native speech value, depending on phonological contrasts in the native and foreign languages.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.245-273
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• 2015

The purpose of this study is to investigate environmental factors that affect mathematics learning of students in multicultural families. For this study, as study subjects, eight elementary school students and one middle school student, who were born and grew up in multicultural families in Korea due to international marriage of Korean father and foreign mother, and their five mothers were selected. To examine factors affecting mathematics learning and interests of students in multicultural families, relationships with parents, friends, and teachers were surveyed, and mathematics attitude test was performed. After conducting one on one interview based on collected questionnaires and results of the attitude test, qualitative data analysis was performed. As a result of survey and interview, positive factors affecting mathematics learning of students in multicultural families included arousing interest in mathematics through mother's mathematics teaching in her mother language and direct teaching, good peer relation, teacher's compliment and encouragement, and lowering the burden of language in accordance with characteristics of mathematics course.

• 대한음성학회지:말소리
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• 제42호
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• pp.37-46
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• 2001

Recently speech technologies have shown notable advancements and they now play major roles in computer-aided language learning systems. In the current paper, use of speech recognition technologies is viewed with our system for teaching English pronunciation to Japanese speakers.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.15-29
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• 2021

The purpose of this paper is to explore how the Confucius Institute Chinese international promotion could better promote the development of China's foreign trade, by analyzing the distribution of the Confucius Institute worldwide, based on the theory of language economics, using SWOT analysis to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the internal environment, opportunities and challenges of the external environment of Chinese international promotion of Confucius Institute. The following findings were gathered: as a language teaching institution and information exchange platform, Confucius Institute has the ability to share trade information and increase trade opportunities; to improve cultural identity and reduce transaction costs; to promote cultural communication and integration, and drive the development of related industries. The internal disadvantages were mainly reflected in the mismatch between the global regional distribution structure of Confucius Institutes, and the economic and trade structure, such as, the asymmetry between language, culture output, and demand. In addition, the management mechanism was not perfect. External opportunities were mainly new opportunities brought by economic globalization, cultural diversity, and the development of the Belt and Road initiative. External challenges were mainly influenced by the China threat theory and the fierce cultural competition among countries. The corresponding countermeasures were put forward based on the advantages of the platform and grasping the external opportunities: improving the quality of operation and speeding up the localization process; respecting cultural differences and realizing cultural common learning; seeking multilateral cooperation and enhancing the capacity for independent development.