• 음성과학
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.43-50
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• 2006

The aim of this study was to identify pronunciation difficulties of Korean learners of English in their articulation of English sibilants /dg, g, z/. Forty-five syllables were produced five times by twelve college students. Test scores were measured from the score board made by FluSpeak, a speech training software program, which was designed for English pronunciation practice and improvement. Results show that 1) the subjects had lower scores in producing /g/ than /dg/ and /z/ from all positions, and 2) subjects had lower scores in inter-vocalic position than in pre-vocalic position and in post-vocalic position when they produced /dg/, /g/, and /z/. The results suggest that on the whole Korean learners have much difficulty in producing /g/, and they also have more auditory and articulatory problems in intervocalic than in the other positions when they produce these sibilants.

• 공학교육연구
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2009

This experiment, on the method of teaching English for left brain dominated engineering college students, was carried out through two groups, the experimental group which was composed of the engineering college students and the controlled group. The experimental group undertook dictogloss tasks in English class during the period of eight weeks from July to August, 2008. As a result, the effect of learning on experimental group showed significantly being high compared to that of the controlled group in the TOEIC test, an English ability test. This means that dictogloss is an effective learning activity which can be used in English class for left brain dominated engineering college students, and more improvement in English ability can be expected when appropriate levels and durations to learners are applied.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.365-395
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• 2010

This study explores the effect of extensive reading(ER) implemented in middle and high schools in Korean EFL context. Two middle school English teachers and two high school English teachers participated in implementing ER in their classes. Six middle school classes of 239 students and seven high school classes of 268 students participated in ER program guided by the above four teachers. To implement ER, participating teachers had continuously been guided by the researcher about the theoretic reasoning of ER and practical methods for efficient ER in class. The study lasted for two semesters and the teachers and students were surveyed and interviewed during and after the classes. The result showed pretty positive improvement of students' self-confidence, interest and motivation about English through ER implemented in this study. It is hoped that this study would show the possibility of implementing ER in Korean EFL secondary school context and a model for ER and cooperation between university researchers and in-service English teachers.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-15
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• 2005

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not the use of the Korean alphabet increased the accuracy of English sentences Korean university students produced in dictation. The students were divided into three categories, beginning, intermediate, and advanced, based on the listening comprehension scores of a practice TOEIC test. The total population of 120 students were divided into two groups, control and experiment. In the first testing, the experiment group transcribed the English utterances on a practice TOEIC tape into phonological writing in Korean and then later changed the Korean writing into English words and sentences. In the second testing, the control group became the experiment group and used the Korean alphabet in transcribing the English sounds. Statistically significant differences were found in the improvement of accuracy in dictation when the Korean alphabet was used, especially for the beginning and intermediate students. By using the Korean alphabet as the phonological representation of the sounds, the students in the experiment group produced more accurate English words than the control group who went directly from the English utterances to writing in English. Statistically significant results were not produced for the advanced students. The significance of the present study relates to the need to add to the paucity of available data on the use of the Korean alphabet in teaching listening comprehension.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.203-224
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to justify the effects of role play with respect to speaking and listening functions and to provide the strategic methodology for improving English communicative competence of fifth grade primary school students. We can expand role play as a strategic teaching method to develop English learning models, so that English can be more easily acquired to the students who are in the critical language acquisition period. Strategic role play reflects the events and experiences of many kinds of people in everyday life. It is suggested that one of the best methods to improve English communicative competence in the primary classroom is through role play. Students can develop meaning for language patterns by portraying situations in which these instances in language would be used. This study proposes to facilitate English communicative ability using various student-centered role play strategies. It is concluded that the student-centered activities using strategic role play help the students to improve their English communicative competence. This is done by deriving their own creative dialogues and presenting the role play with their interests in learning English and with subsequently positive learning effects.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제19권8호
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• pp.565-571
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• 2019

본 연구는 사범대학 영어교육과에 재학 중인 학생들의 교양영어에 대한 인식과 요구를 바탕으로, 전공에 특화되나 전공 교육과는 차별화된 좀 더 효과적인 교양 영어교육에 대한 제언을 하고자 하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이를 위하여 영어교육과에 재학 중인 학생들을 대상으로 영어교양 교육의 인식과 요구와 관련된 설문과 인터뷰를 수행하였다. 설문 결과, 현 교양영어에 대한 영어교육과 학생들의 만족도는 전체적으로 3점대로 높지는 않았다. '멀티미디어 시설 등 강의실 환경'에 대한 만족도나 교수진의 전문성, 자질, 교수방법'은 타 항목에 비해서 평균 점수가 비교적 높았으나 '영어실력 향상의 정도'나 '흥미유발 정도'에 대한 항목 가장 낮은 평균점수를 보였다. 이 외에도 본 연구에서 수행한 교양영어 프로그램에 대한 요구와 수준별 수업에 대한 요구, 교수자에 대한 요구 결과를 바탕으로 영어교육 전공자들을 위한 교양영어 교육을 위하여 제안은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 영어 교육 전공자들을 위한 전공특화 교양영어선택 과목을 개설한다. 둘째, 전공과 연계된 교양영어 회화 과목을 개발한다. 또한 영문학을 바탕으로 한 의사소통중심 교양 독해수업을 개발한다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.261-280
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• 2009

This study focuses on providing the pedagogical implications of stress in English pronunciation teaching since stress is one the most important characteristic factors in English pronunciation (Bolinger, 1976; Brown, 1994; Celce-Murcia, Brinton & Goodwin, 1996; Kreidler, 1989). The author investigated stress production regarding in terms of duration, pitch, and intensity by a group of native speakers of English and a group of low-proficiency South Kyungsang Korean college students for their pre-test. For both of the pre- and post-test, the same stimuli, which consisted of a one-syllable word, two two-syllable words, three three-syllable words, and three four-syllable words, were used along with the various sentence positions: isolation, initial, medial, and final. Soft ware programs, ALVIN and Praat, were used to record and analyze the data. Since Celce-Murcia et al. (1996), Klatt (1975), and Ladefoged (2001) treat duration of the stressed syllable more significantly than other factors, pitch and intensity, with respect to the listener's point of view, the author developed a special method of teaching English stress using a traditional Korean drum to emphasize duration. In addition, the results from the native speakers' production showed that their main strategy to realize stress was through lengthening stressed syllables. After six weeks of stress instruction using the drum, the production of the native speakers and the SK Korean participants from the pre- and post-test were compared. The results from the post-test indicated that the participants showed great improvement not only in duration but also in pitch after the stress instruction. Pitch improvement was unexpected but well-explained by the statement that long vowels receive accent in loan word adaptation in North Kyungsang Korean. The results also showed that the Korean participants' pitch values became more even in their duration values for each syllable as the structure of the word or the sentence became more complex, due to their dependency upon their L1.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.49-56
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• 2020

본 연구의 목적은 플립러닝 모형을 적용한 영어수업에서의 글쓰기 과제에 대한 오류수정 피드백이 학습자의 영어 성취도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 파악하고, 수업 만족도에 영향을 미치는 요인이 무엇인지를 규명하는 것이다. 본 연구를 위해 수업 만족도를 예측하는 요인으로 오류수정 피드백에 대한 반응과 감정을 선정하고, 이들의 예측력을 규명하였다. 연구 참여자들은 94명의 대학생으로 두 개의 집단인 플립러닝을 적용한 실험집단 48명과 전통적 교수법을 적용한 통제집단 46명으로 나누어 평가시험과 글쓰기 과제를 사전·사후로 실시하고, 수업 처치 후 실험집단을 대상으로 설문조사를 진행하였다. 연구 결과를 살펴보면, 플립러닝을 기반으로 한 수업 방법이 학습자의 영어 성취도 향상에 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 오류수정 피드백에 대한 반응과 감정 모두 수업 만족도를 유의미하게 예측하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 근거로, 본 연구에서는 플립러닝형 수업의 효율적인 운영을 위한 방안을 제안하고자 한다.

• 한국영어학회지:영어학
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.163-185
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• 2001

Listening comprehension is an integrative and creative process of interaction through which listeners receive speakers' production of linguistic or non-linguistic knowledge. Improving listening comprehension requires continual attentiveness and interest. .Listening skill can be extended systematically only when students are frequently exposed to a wide range of listening materials with an affective, cultural, social, and psycholinguistic approach. Therefore, teachers should help students learn how to comprehend intactly the overall meaning of intended messages. Practical classroom teaching necessitates a systematic procedure in which students should take part in meaningful tasks and activities. This study purposes to investigate the effects of task-based listening comprehension instruction on improvement of EFL learners' listening comprehension and their attitude and interest. 74 freshmen who enrolled in College English conversation classes in Kongju National University participated in this study. The participants were administered listening comprehension tests and questionnaires. The results show that the listening comprehension instruction through tasks and activities has a positive impact on EFL learners' improvement of listening comprehension and their attitude and interest toward the target language as well.

• 수산해양교육연구
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 1989

It is indispensable for the marine officers who are engaged in the international voyage to make command of maritime English fluently. The Marine Officers Act in Korea which is under ammending in 1989 prescribes the proportion of maritime Englishin English examination is made to be 60% for the 4th and 5th class marine officer-license examination. A concrete syllabus or content of maritime English is not established yet with the exception of a general prescription of minimun knowledge required for certification of marine officers in the IMO/STCW Convention. The authors, who rewrote the maritime English textbook for the course of the fisheries high, schools and the merchant marine high schools, settled the syllabi of nautical English and marine engineering English for the course as follows : 1. The syllabus of nautical English, includes maritime English readings, the IMO English dialogue on port entry, writing of logbooks, night order books, and docking and repair specifications. 2. The syllabus of marine engineering English includes maritime English readings, dialogue on oil supply, writing of engine logbooks and oil record books, standing orders, and docking and repair specifications. The authors propose that the realm of these class marine officer-license examination on maritime English should be limited within in the above mentioned textbook. As maritime English is made to be included in the 4th and 5th marine officer liscence examination since 1989, high schools concerned need to reform the curricula to complete at least 6 units for this subject. On the other hand, the competent authority of this examination must secure questions as much as possible to promote the reliability of them.