• 한국어교육
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.125-154
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• 2018

This study aims to analyze the types of writing tasks in Korean language and literature majors. There are many foreign students in the department of Korean language and literature. It is important to identify the type of task that is the subject of communication when conducting communication activities in an academic context. In particular, writing tasks are among the most important tasks that learners must perform. This is because most of the tasks assigned within the university curriculum are assigned to writing tasks, and evaluation is often done through learner writing. Therefore, this study investigated the types of tasks to be imposed on Korean Language and Literature majors. As a result, summary is the most frequent type of task in the department of Korean language. And in the department of Korean literature, review is most frequent type of task. The results of this study will help to prepare contents for foreign undergraduates of Korean language and literature majors.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.475-481
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• 2024

This study investigates an educational approach for enhancing foreign language writing skills in cyber university students by promoting the self-directed use of ChatGPT. Using a case study method, the research explores both the potential benefits and limitations of ChatGPT, a generative AI that can support writing tasks by providing real-time feedback, text summaries, and support for various writing forms, including essays and stories. While ChatGPT offers advantages such as reducing instructors' feedback workload and fostering improvements in students' writing, concerns arise regarding ChatGPT's provision of inaccurate information and its potential to encourage plagiarism if students submit ChatGPT-generated content without proper revision. To address challenges, this study proposes instructional strategies for creating effective prompts that can elicit meaningful feedback from ChatGPT, alongside methods for students to integrate and reflect upon this feedback throughout each stage of the writing process. These instructional strategies are designed to enhance students' independent learning and encourage the responsible use of ChatGPT in educational settings.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.282-291
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• 2022

This research applies a pre-trained bidirectional encoder representations from transformers (BERT) handwriting recognition model to predict foreign Korean-language learners' writing scores. A corpus of 586 answers to midterm and final exams written by foreign learners at the Intermediate 1 level was acquired and used for pre-training, resulting in consistent performance, even with small datasets. The test data were pre-processed and fine-tuned, and the results were calculated in the form of a score prediction. The difference between the prediction and actual score was then calculated. An accuracy of 95.8% was demonstrated, indicating that the prediction results were strong overall; hence, the tool is suitable for the automatic scoring of Korean written test answers, including grammatical errors, written by foreigners. These results are particularly meaningful in that the data included written language text produced by foreign learners, not native speakers.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.160-172
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• 2024

The characteristic aspects of learning a foreign language require special resources and tools for online learning. Criteria for choosing educational platforms depend on key elements of an academic subject area. Microsoft Teams (hereafter, MT) educational platform is competitive one because it meets most of the needs that arise during the formation of a secondary linguistic persona. Due to the large number of corporate programs, there are a successful acquisition of language skills and the implementation of all types of oral activities of students. A significant MT advantage is the constant analysis and monitoring of the platform of participants' needs in the educational process by developers. The article highlights MT advantages and disadvantages. The attention is drawn to individual programs, which, in the authors' opinion, are the most successful to learn writing, reading, speaking, listening, as well as organize classes that meet needs of modern foreign students.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.256-262
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• 2020

한국어 교육에서 쓰기 교육의 논의가 본격화되면서 글의 장르와 그 교육에 대한 논의는 현재까지 가장 큰 화두가 되는 주제이다. 그리고 학술적 글쓰기는 학문 목적 한국어 교육에 대한 수요가 늘어나면서 과거에도 현재에도 한국어 쓰기 교육 내 가장 큰 연구 주제가 되었다. 학술적 글쓰기는 작문의 한 영역으로, 문예적 글쓰기와는 물론이고 실용적 글쓰기와도 확연히 구분되는 영역이다. 특정 학문 주제 또는 연구 문제에 대한 일련의 정보가 제공된 상태에서 이루어지며, 그 내용은 일반적으로 해당 주제의 주장 및 견해, 문제의 사안에 대해 파악하여 해당 주장 및 견해를 비판하거나 새로운 시각에서 문제 해결을 위한 대안을 제공하는 것이다. 학문 목적 한국어 학습자, 통칭 외국인 유학생은 그 용어 그대로 학문 수양을 목적으로 한국어를 학습한다. 기본적으로 한국어를 활용해 학술적 글쓰기를 수행할 수밖에 없는 상황에 놓이는 외국인 유학생들은 필연적으로 분석적 글쓰기라는 과제에 당면하게 된다. 본고는 외국인 유학생에게 주어지는 분석적 글쓰기라는 과제란 무엇인지에 대해 탐구하고 이를 교육하기 위해 필요한 연구 문제들을 파악하는 데 목적이 있다. 외국인 유학생이 학술적 글쓰기 과제로 분석적 글쓰기를 접하게 되었을 때 교육은 어떤 부분에 주의하며 이루어져야 하는지 명확히 하고자 하였다.

• 한국어교육
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.89-112
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• 2017

Grammar has long been regarded as an important element in foreign language learning and has received a lot of attention from foreign language learners and researchers. However, in the process of learning, learners will confront an increasing number of words some of which may have multiple meanings. It is not easy for language learners to memorize and master the correct use of these words, especially in terms of pragmatics. Some learners may use the grammar correctly, but their writing or utterance may feel unnatural in discourse. In Korean, '나다, 들다' are two basic verbs, but they have many different meanings which cause a lot of confusion among learners of Korean as a foreign language. In this article, the writer attempts to make a distinction between the collocations of the two verbs '나다, 들다' and provides an effective method for teaching the learners of Korean in China.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2009

This paper describes ongoing work on the correction of adverb errors committed by Korean learners studying English as a foreign language (EFL), using an automated English writing assessment system. Adverb errors are commonly found in learners 'writings, but handling those errors rarely draws an attention in natural language processing due to complicated characteristics of adverb. To correctly detect the errors, adverbs are classified according to their grammatical functions, meanings and positions within a sentence. Adverb errors are collected from learners' sentences, and classified into five categories adopting a traditional error analysis. The error classification in conjunction with the adverb categorization is implemented into a set of mal-rules which automatically identifies the errors. When an error is detected, the system corrects the error and suggests error specific feedback. The feedback includes the types of errors, a corrected string of the error and a brief description of the error. This attempt suggests how to improve adverb error correction method as well as to provide richer diagnostic feedback to the learners.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제44권10호
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• pp.1087-1093
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• 2017

외국인 유학생과 국내 체류 외국인 등 한국어를 학습하고자 하는 외국인이 지속적으로 증가함에 따라 외국인 한국어 학습자의 교육에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 기존 맞춤법 검사기는 한국인의 사용에 중점을 두고 있어 외국인 한국어 학습자가 사용하기에는 다소 부적절하다. 본 논문에서는 한국어의 문맥 특성과 외국인의 작문 특성을 반영한 한국어 교정 방식을 제안한다. 제안하는 방식에서는 국어 문서에서 자주 사용되는 표현을 추천 교정으로 제시하기 위해 말뭉치를 활용한다. 말뭉치에서 추출된 어절 바이그램에 대한 음절 역색인을 사용하여 입력된 작문에 대한 교정 후보 집합을 얻고, 외국인의 작문 특성을 반영하는 편집거리 계산 방법을 사용하여 순위화된 추천 교정을 제시한다. 구현된 시스템에서는 사용성 향상을 위해 키보드 후킹에 기반한 사용자인터페이스를 제공하여 다른 응용프로그램에서의 입력과 동시에 문장 교정 결과를 얻을 수 있다. 외국인의 작문 환경에 대한 평가에서는 타 시스템에 비해 검출률을 약 45% 향상시켜, 제안된 시스템을 사용하는 경우 외국인 사용자가 스스로 작문 오류를 판단하고 수정할 수 있어 한국어 학습에 많은 도움이 될 것으로 기대된다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.67-89
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• 2005

Writing is a difficult skill for many people, both for children and adult alike and generally most people find it difficult to write down their thoughts effectively. Numerous studies have revealed that teachers find it frustrating to teach writing and many failed to help ESL students develop their writing ability. The theoretical emphasis on process oriented writing instruction has, in general brought about positive changes in the way writing is taught and has become widely accepted in the teaching of English as a second or foreign language (ESL/EFL). Although the interpretation and implementation of the process approach varies considerably from instructor to instructor, nevertheless, the emphasis on process writing has brought about significant and beneficial changes in teachers' orientations to writing. Despite the theoretical recognition of writing as a recursive process, many ESL/EFL classrooms continue to teach writing as a linear sequence of planning, pre-writing, writing, revising and editing and has not enhanced ESL/EFL students writing ability to the desired level. There appears to be a missing link in helping students to crystallize their thoughts before writing. Studies have shown that incorporating visual thinking tools into the process approach of ESL writing can enhance students' ability to write. This paper reports the findings of an exploratory study on the effects of using visual thinking tools in enhancing ESL students writing.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.25-45
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• 2007

In this article, I discuss an International Collaborative Writing Course on the Internet (ICWCI) that focused on the learning effectiveness Korean EFL students (KEFLSs) perceived to be necessary to exchange with international EFL students (IEFLSs). The course development was based on an internet-based instructional module, applying widely accepted EFL theories for modern foreign language instruction: collaborative learning, process writing, project-based learning, and integrated approaches. Data from online discussion forum, mid-of-semester and end-of-semester surveys, and final oral interviews are conducted and discussed. KEFLSs and IEFLSs were questioned about (a) changes in attitude towards computers assisted language learning (CALL); (b) effect of computer background on motivation; (c) perception of their acquired writing skills; and (d) attitude towards collaborative learning. The result of this study demonstrated that the majority of ICWCI participants said they enjoyed the course, gained fruitful confidence in English communication and computer skills, and felt that they made significant progress in writing skills. In spite of positive benefits created by the ICWCI, it was found that there were some issues that are crucial to run appropriate networked collaborative courses. This study demonstrates that participants' computer skills, basic language proficiency, and local time differences are important factors to be considered when incorporating the ICWCI as these may affect the quality of online instructional courses and students' motivation toward network based collaboration interaction.