• 영어어문교육
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.171-187
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• 2012

This study aims to investigate the effects of learning strategy-based early reading instruction for English underachieving students. For this purpose of the study, sixteen learning strategies were driven from the review of previous related literature and the result of the survey conducted to the students and the teachers. Strategy integrated early reading instruction was implemented to nine students for thirteen weeks. The word recognition test was conducted before and after the instruction to examine whether the instruction had effects on the increase of their early reading skill. In addition, in order to investigate certain change in students' affective aspects after the instruction. The research conducted survey to the students. A teacher's field note and students' class journal were also analyzed to verify the results from the quantitative test. The results indicated that the instruction led to the increase of students' early reading skills. It was also found that the instruction motivated the underachieving students to devise a strategy for their learning process.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.149-170
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• 2012

The purpose of the present study is to examine the degree to which the writing instruction using animations has effects on the writing performance of $4^{th}$ year elementary school students. This study also examined the effects of the animation-based writing instruction on the interest and confidence of those students. To this aim, the present study utilized a set of writing tests and questionnaires before and after the instruction. The data were collected from 63 elementary school students. The data were then analyzed using a series of statistical analyses. The results suggested that the students who received the writing instruction using animations performed significantly better on the writing test than those who received the textbook-based instruction. The results also suggested that those who received the animation-based instruction showed more positive interest and confidence on English and English learning. Finally, limitations of the present study and suggestions for further studies are discussed at the end of the paper.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.63-69
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• 2017

The objective of this study was to investigate factors that could bring about successful implementation of extensive reading using online/offline blended English library system called 'Reading Gate' in primary and secondary schools. Although there are a great number of studies on effects of various extensive reading on linguistic, cognitive, and affective development, few studies have investigated how extensive reading programs can be implemented at large scale, e.g., whole school level. After analyzing students' reading levels in 200 schools using the same online extensive reading program called Reading Gate, results showed that while some schools were successful, others were not. Five primary and 13 middle schools were selected as successful schools. Data on implementation of the program of schools was gathered. Eighteen teachers and seven headteachers took part in the interview. After analyzing these data on the implementation of the extensive reading program, results revealed that the following five factors for successful implementation of blended extensive reading programs: online level-up system, teacher intervention, integration with the curriculum, school-level support, and parents' awareness of literacy. This suggests that each factor might have contributed to the successful implementation of the extensive reading program at large scale. Implications and applications of this finding are discussed in this study.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.89-112
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• 2001

The purpose of this study is to verify the effect of the method of English teaching and learning through the student-centered environmental instruction. I've been skeptical about the traditional instruction, which is composed of the teachers-centered instruction, because of the lack of creativity. Until now, I've always wished to have an alternative method that can be substituted for routine's style. To achieve it, I selected 90 students from 2 classes, in the 3rd year at a girls' high school in Chungnam as the subject of study. I divided them into two groups, the student-centered environmental instruction and the teacher-centered traditional instruction. The tools used in this study are a preliminary English achievement test, a self-directed learning attitudes test and two teaching plans. For this test, a high school text book was assigned. I have treated 20 times of the test each for two groups using two types of teaching-learning plans which I made for this purpose. To verify the hypotheses after administrating the test, I selected t-verification for post test result. Based on this test result, I could conclude that there was a significant improvement of English proficiency and a change in the self-directed learning attitudes; also the student-centered environmental instruction is more effective than teachers-centered instruction.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.121-127
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• 2023

본 예비연구의 목적은 이미지 생성 인공지능 도구인 DALL-E2를 활용하여 영어 작문 활동을 실시한 후 중학생들의 영어 학습에 미치는 반응을 살펴보는 데 있다. 이를 위하여 15명의 중학교 영어학습자를 대상으로 3주간 실험 수업을 진행하였으며 그 결과를 정리하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, DALL-E2 활용 영어 작문 활동에 대한 설문조사 결과, 자신감, 흥미 및 인공지능 기반 도구 활용 쓰기에 대한 인식이 긍정적으로 변화하였음을 알 수 있었다. 아울러 통계적으로 유의미한 차이가 나타났음을 확인하였으며 이는 인공지능 활용 학습이 영어 작문 및 전반적인 영어 학습에 있어 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다는 것을 의미하였다. 둘째, DALL-E2 활용 영어 작문 활동에 대한 소감문을 내용분석을 통해 분석한 결과, 핵심 주제를 3가지(인지적, 정의적, 심동적 특성)로 추출할 수 있었으며 영어 학습에 있어 인공지능 기반의 DALL-E2의 활용과 접목은 학습에 대한 새로운 흥미와 도전, 의지, 적극성을 높이며 궁극적으로는 영어표현력(productive skill) 향상에 일부 기여한 것으로 해석할 수 있었다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.211-234
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• 2006

The purpose of the present study was to investigate how two types of cooperative groupworks will affect learners' academic self-efficacy and English achievement in the first graders of Middle school. Experimental class A was done by similar-level groupwork, experimental class B by differential-level groupwork, and controlled class C by whole classwork. In order to accomplish the goals of the study, questionnaires on learners' academic self-efficacy were examined before and after the experiment. Also English achievement tests were done during the experiment. The analytic results of the questionnaires and English achievement tests were like the following conclusions: First, two types of cooperative groupworks were more effective on improving learners' academic self-efficacy than the whole classwork. Second, two types of cooperative groupworks were more effective on improving two levels' (higher and medium) academic self-efficacy. Third, among three types of classworks, differential-level groupwork was the most effective on improving learners' English achievement. Fourth, in case of medium-level learners, differential-level groupwork was more effective on improving their English achievement than similar-level groupwork.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2007년도 한국음성과학회 공동학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.99-101
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• 2007

This study analyzes Korean middle school students' pronunciation errors of stop-liquid sequences in English. The results showed two typical errors: the insertion of a vowel between a stop and a liquid and the substitution of a liquid with a flap or vice versa. Those pronunciation errors seem to occur since English and Korean have different syllable structures and different types of liquids. A teaching material, which emphasizes no vowel insertion for a proper pronunciation of the consonant clusters, was designed to reduce Korean students' pronunciation errors. Errors were reduced substantially after a 50-minute class with the newly designed material.

• 아동학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2004

This study investigated the relations of children's age, intelligence, and the concept of conservation to their learning of English. Ten 4-year-old children from 1 child-care center and 13 7-year-old children from 1 elementary school were tested after completion of 8 sessions of experimental English classes. Children's intelligence was measured by K-WPPSI for 4-year olds and K-WISC for 7-year-olds. Children were tested for number and liquid conservations. A Korean teacher with 11 years of experience of teaching children at American elementary schools taught the 2 groups with the same subjects and methods. Data were analysed by independent samples t-test, Mann-Whitney U test, and Pearson's r. The results showed that children's age and the concept of conservation were related to English learning. No statistically significant relationship with IQ was found.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제12권10호
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• pp.541-554
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• 2012

본 연구는 초등학교 5학년 하위권 학생들을 대상으로 수행된 G러닝 방과후학교 영어수업의 효과성을 제시하고 있다. 최근 게임을 활용한 교수학습방법을 의미하는 G러닝이 활성화되면서, 영어교육 분야에서 G러닝을 수용할 수 있는 방법에 대한 연구의 필요성이 강조되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 대전에 소재한 한 초등학교에서 23명의 5학년 영어 성취도 하위권 학생들을 대상으로 12주 동안 G러닝 영어 방과후학교 수업을 진행하였다. G러닝의 효과성을 검증하기 위해 성취도 및 정의적 영역에 대해 두 개의 가설을 설정하여 이를 검증하였다. 가설검증을 위해 수업 전, 후 성취도 평가 및 설문조사를 실시하고 FGI를 통해 참여자의 의견을 수렴하였다. 그 결과 하위권 학생들의 영어 성적이 약 15점 정도 향상되었고, 단어 철자 그리고 의사소통 영역에서 통계적으로 유의미한 향상도를 보였다. 또한, G러닝 수업을 통해 학생들이 영어학습에 대한 자신감과 흥미를 갖게 되었다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.157-176
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• 2007

Based on the consensus that vocabulary plays an essential role in improving reading ability, the present study investigates the effects of two different methods of English vocabulary instruction - the traditional wordlist-based vocabulary instruction (G1) and the collocation-based vocabulary instruction (G2) - on improving English reading ability for high school learners. First, the results of the collocation test revealed that G1 and G2 groups attained similar mean scores on the pretests; however, G2 significantly outperformed G1 on the post-test administered at the end of the learning activity. The results proved that students who learned vocabulary in a collocation-oriented setting had better retention through the lexical-chunking achieved by the collection method. Second, in terms of reading comprehension achieved on nationwide academic trial tests, the result was, after considering more tests, that G2 gained a significantly higher mean score on the third and fourth than G1 did, although the two groups yielded a similar mean score on the first and second test. The implication of these results is that collocation-based vocabulary activities had a more significant influence on reading skills than wordlist-oriented ones.