• 영어어문교육
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.61-85
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• 2006

The purpose of the present study is to compare Korean EFL learners' speech corpus (i.e. oral productions) with their composition corpus (i.e. written productions). Four college students participated in the study. The composition corpus was collected through a writing assignment, and the speech corpus was gathered by audio-taping their oral presentations. The results of the data analysis indicate that (i) As for error frequency, young adult low-intermediate Korean EFL learners showed high frequency in determiners (mostly, indefinite articles), vocabulary (mostly, semantic errors), and prepositions. The frequency order did not show much difference between the speech corpus and the composition corpus; and (ii) When comparing the oral productions with the written productions, there were not many differences between them in terms of the contents, a style (i.e., colloquial vs. literary), vocabulary selection, and error types and frequency. Therefore, it is assumed that the proficiency in oral presentation of EFL learners at this learning stage heavily depends on how much/how well they are able to write. In other words, EFL learners' writing and speaking skills are closely co-related. It implies that the teacher does not need to separate teaching how to speak from teaching how to write. The teacher may use the same methods or strategies to help the learners improve their English speaking and writing skills. Furthermore, it will be more effective to teach writing before speaking since they have more opportunities to write than speak in the EFL contexts.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.699-710
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• 2007

The study purposes to explore the effects of individual characteristics and home environments of children on their bilingual language aquisition, that is, to examine whether their English language competency is different from their Korean language competency depending on those variables. Thus English or Korean language competency of children who had had early exposure in English learning were studied in terms of child's individual characteristics such as age, gender, exposure period to English, intelligence, and experiences of visiting English-speaking countries, and home environments such as parental age, educational level, income level, their perceived English competency, their perceived significance of English and Korean language, and the frequency of using English at home. 72 children who went to English kindergarten were tested with Peabody Pictures Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) in Korean version and in English version respectively. The results show that child's intelligence and experiences of visiting English-speaking countries influence their Korean language competency. Also child's age, exposure period to English and experiences of visiting English-speaking countries influence their English language competency. Moreover their mother's educational background, father's English fluency, mothers' English fluency, and the frequency of using English at home influence child's English language competency, whereas any variables did not influence child's Korean language competency. Accordingly, child's English and Korean language competencies are related to each other.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.317-337
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• 2010

The present study has a dual purpose to investigate the current state of school English library and needs required for its effective use, and to propose a reading program at the school library. The literature on school library was reviewed. A questionnaire survey was done to find out the current situation of English library at the secondary school. The analysis of 26 secondary English teachers' responses reveals that there was the absence of librarians or reading specialists at the school English library. It was also found that the uses of the English library were limited due to the absence of the specialists, no guidelines, and no link between the curriculum and the library use. A case study on a 2-week special reading program at the school English library was conducted and 15 middle school students took part in the project. The participants took pre- and post-tests to identify their reading level using a software and did a variety of reading activities using the books selected according to their level. The comparison of the tests shows that most of the students' reading level improved after the reading program. The analysis of their views on the program and its effects reveals that they gained confidence in reading and their vocabulary understanding was improved. Some suggestions are made for the effective management of the school English library.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.233-257
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• 2009

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of 3D avatar-based Virtual Reality chatting on college students' English learning achievement. Forty college sophomore students participated at this study and the research lesson continued for 8 weeks. They were administered to take a pretest to evaluate their vocabulary knowledge and writing skills. Their progress was assessed on the basis of midterm. Finally, a post-questionnaire was administered to measure their interest and understanding toward their learning experience in 3D avatar-based Virtual chatting. The results of this study indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the control group and experimental group with respect to their midterm scores and writing. The result of the post-survey indicated the interest of English was statistically higher than the understanding of English.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.217-225
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• 2024

본 연구는 영어 학습과 사회문제 인식을 위한 유용한 도구로서 애니메이션의 활용을 탐구하고 한다. 또한 애니메이션을 활용한 주제 중심의 학습이 영어 어휘와 표현 습득에 어떤 영향을 미치는지를 함께 고찰해 보고자 한다. 이를 위해 두 편의 애니메이션 주토피아와 루카를 통해 차별과 편견이라는 주제에 중점을 두고 대화 분석, 토론 활동, 문맥 속 어휘와 표현 학습이 진행되었다. 평가를 위해 사전 테스트, 사후 테스트, 설문조사와 학습자들이 의견을 써서 제출한 생각 노트를 분석하였다. 두 테스트 결과 학습자들의 어휘와 표현 습득에는 성적 향상이 있었고 이는 두 테스트 간 유의미한 차이인 것으로 나타났다. 설문조사와 생각 노트 결과 학습자들은 애니메이션을 활용한 사회문제 인식을 중점으로 한 수업에 만족도가 높게 나타났고(81.8%) 이에 대한 이유는 영화에 대한 심층적 이해에 도움, 사회 문제에 대한 인식에 도움, 영화 활용을 통한 흥미 증진 등인 것으로 나타났다. 교수자들은 수업에서 애니메이션을 사용할 때 주제에 대한 심층 분석을 수행하는 것이 중요하다는 것을 인지하고 강조할 필요가 있다.

• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 2003년도 ISIS 2003
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• pp.508-512
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• 2003

In 2000, the economy of Asia made a V-character type recovery from the currency and financial crisis in 1997. The increase in exports is assumed to be one of the causes. To negotiate with foreign countries, English must be indispensable in many cases. In this study, we investigated how English education is performed in East Asian countries while focusing on English textbooks. We metrically analyzed some textbooks used junior high schools and high school in Japan and Korea, and elementary schools in China and Singapore to compare them with U.S.A and U.K textbook. We investigated some characteristics of character-and word-appearance of English textbook using an exponential function. Moreover we derived the degree of difficulty far each material through the variety of words and their frequency on the basis of the required English vocabulary in Japanese junior high schools. As a result we could show at which level of U.S.A. or U.K the English textbooks used in East Asian countries are.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.261-286
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• 2005

Lately, teaching methods and instruments have become student-centered and are directed towards developing a communicative competence of learners. However, compared with that of other countries, the level of our students English is not very good. I guess the reason is that our English education is focused on the uniformal teaching methods regardless of the differences of intelligence, affective domains and study time. I tried to find the relationship between these factors and the students' English accomplishments. So I divided the students into 2 groups of superior and inferior students by the standard of intelligence, affective domain and study time and compared the scores between the groups in the fields of reading comprehension, grammar, pronunciation, accent, vocabulary, and listening. These were the results that followed: First, intelligence has a great influence students' English accomplishment in all fields. Second, affective domains such as motivation, anxiety, attitude, confidence, and studying time also have some influence on the students' English accomplishments. Third, the sequence of these factors according to their influence force are as follows: study time, anxiety, intelligence, motivation, attitude, and confidence. So we can conclude that we should teach English according to our students' ability in the field of intelligence and affective domains and should not ignore the individual differences they have.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.332-344
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 어휘 숙달도에 따라 짝을 세 가지 유형으로 구성하고 짝과 상호작용하면서 어휘 과제를 하는 것이 우연적인 어휘 습득에 미치는 효과의 차이를 가져오는지를 알아보았다. 본 연구에 참여한 대학생 46명은 상대적인 어휘 숙달도에 따라 상상(n=14), 상하(n=18), 하하(n=14) 등의 세 집단으로 나뉘었다. 우선 참여자들은 사전 어휘 지식을 측정하는 시험을 보았고, 짝과 함께 3주 동안 어휘 과제를 실시한 후 짝의 구성 유형이 어휘 습득에 미친 영향에 어떤 차이가 나는지를 알아보기 위해 수용적 및 산출적 어휘 지식을 평가하는 사후 시험을 보았다. 2주 후에는 실험 처치 효과의 지속 여부를 파악하기 위해 지연된 사후 시험이 시행되었다. 숙달도가 높은 학생들이 짝 활동을 통해 더 많은 학습 효과를 보았다는 선행 연구와 달리, 본 연구에서는 두 참여자의 어휘 숙달도가 같은 상상 집단 혹은 하하 집단보다 어휘 숙달도가 서로 다른 참여자가 짝을 이룬 상하 집단의 성취도가 전반적으로 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. 더욱이 협력적인 짝 활동은 상하 집단에 속한 상위 구성원뿐만 아니라 하위 학생들의 어휘 습득에도 효과가 있었고 이런 결과들을 종합하여 교육적인 시사점도 논의되었다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2011

Listening has been a neglected research area despite the crucial role it plays. The present investigation was aimed at examining how the provision of topical knowledge and learners' listening proficiency level affect learners' listening performance under four different preparatory activity conditions: topical knowledge, vocabulary list, language structure, and no activity. A total of 134 participants, assigned to the four different activity groups, took part in the study. The results revealed that the learners who were provided with topical knowledge before listening performed significantly better than the other learners, followed by the vocabulary list group and language structure group, which might be attributed to the activation of their content schemata. The learners who did not perform any preparatory activities achieved the lowest scores. When it comes to the impact of listening proficiency, it was revealed that learners' proficiency level had a significant influence on learners' listening performance, and there was a significant interaction between the learners' level of listening proficiency and preparatory activity. Providing relevant knowledge was effective for both higher level and lower level learners, whereas teaching vocabulary before listening was effective for higher level learners but was not for lower level ones. Based on the results, some pedagogical implications and suggestions for future research were discussed.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권11호
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• pp.551-561
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 현재 사용되는 유아 언어학습용 단어게임 애플리케이션의 내용 및 수준을 평가하고, 한글과 영어 단어 게임 애플리케이션 간의 차이가 어떠한지를 파악하는 것이다. 분석대상은 스마트폰, 태블릿 PC 애플리케이션 다운로드 센터에서 제공하는 유아 언어학습용 단어게임 애플리케이션으로 영어단어게임 애플리케이션, 한글단어게임 애플리케이션 각 30개씩이다. 분석도구는 CTR(Children's Technology Review)에서 개발한 소프트웨어 평가 도구(Children's Software Evaluation Instrument), 박희숙, 이영주(2007)의 멀티미디어 콘텐츠 평가 준거, 최수의(2003)의 모바일 콘텐츠 평가 준거를 참고로 유아의 발달적 특성을 고려하여 수정 보완한 평가 준거를 사용하였다. 연구 결과, 전체 단어게임 애플리케이션의 분석결과는 평가영역별 중 교육적 가치에서 가장 높은 점수를 받았으나, 디자인의 특성에서는 가장 낮은 점수를 받았다. 한글 영어 단어게임 애플리케이션 간의 비교에서는 영어단어게임 애플리케이션이 한글단어게임 애플리케이션보다 전체적으로 모든 영역의 점수가 높았다. 본 연구의 결과는 유아를 위한, 발달적으로 적합한 게임 애플리케이션의 개발에 도움을 줄 수 있을 것이다.