• 영어어문교육
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2012

This study aims to propose using English reading strategies to enhance Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC) for EFL learners. The study recruited college-level participants who were enrolled in a general English reading course (N=30) and administrated the surveys with a Repeated Measures Design (RMD). In the survey, an intercultural sensitivity scale and metacognitive reading strategies inventory were conducted for comparison. During the instruction, participants were asked to use the R.I.D.E.R. (i.e. Read, Image, Describe, Evaluate, and Repeat) strategy for visualization of text, which is aimed at facilitating the use of metacognitive reading strategies. In the results, participants showed a statistically significant increase both in the intercultural sensitivity level and the use of metacognitive reading strategies after the practice of R.I.D.E.R for one semester. Further analysis was appended to the results by the correlation and regression analysis, and proposed that participants benefit their development of intercultural sensitivity from the use of metacognitive reading strategies. Therefore, the study suggests that implementing metacognitive reading strategies facilitates college EFL readers to increase their cultural sensitivity, which empowers ICC through English reading (176words).

• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.217-235
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• 2009

This study aimed to explore how the Korean university students' reading motivation is related to their English (L2) reading behavior. The construct of the students' Korean (L1) and L2 reading motivation was investigated with the data obtained through the questionnaire from 120 sophomore students. A factor analysis was conducted to extract the major factors of motivation and determine the interrelationship among items in the questionnaire. As a result, 6 factors were extracted: Intrinsic Motivation for English Reading, Extrinsic Motivation 1 (Immediate Goal Orientedness), Extrinsic Motivation 2 (Integrative Orientation), Importance of L1 Reading, Intrinsic Motivation toward L1 reading, and Importance of L2 Reading Skill. The interrelatedness between the assessment results on the L2 reading behavior (reading amount, time and speed) and motivation factors was measured by correlation coefficients. It was found that Intrinsic Motivation toward English Reading was significantly related to the students' reading amount and Intrinsic Motivation toward Korean Reading had positive association with the students' reading time with statistical significance. Other factors did not show significant correlation with the students' reading behavior. In addition, the students' reading speed was significantly related to their reading amount as well, while reading time did not affect the speed gain.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.19-34
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• 2010

This study investigates how EFL learners' chunking ability both in oral and silent reading affects reading comprehension, and how the chunking ability in silent reading relates to that of oral reading. The participants of this study consisted of 30 Korean university students taking a required 'English Reading' course. Chunking is a technique of grouping words into meaningful syntactic units for better understanding. Chunking was measured from pauses in oral reading. Results of this study suggest that the participants who can chunk properly both orally and silently display better comprehension of texts in general. However, chunking in silent reading was found to be a stronger indicator of improved reading comprehension. Also, the chunking skills in silent reading showed a statistically strong correlation with those observed in oral reading, suggesting that the chunking ability in silent reading may develop in parallel with that of oral reading. Oral as well as silent reading should be continuously practiced to improve reading comprehension of all levels of EFL learners, including low levels of learners. There is also a need to encourage students to read aloud with appropriate prosodic cues to help them read in meaningful units of words, therefore increasing EFL learners' comprehension not only in reading but also in listening.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.89-112
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• 2004

This article examines the ways in which language can be exploited in the manipulation of the reader's interpretation of a text to make him/her take certain lines of thought according to the writer's persuasive intents. Such functions of language provide valid foundations to support the teaching of critical reading skills and to explore an adequate approach to discourse analysis. A pilot study was conducted to find out the extent to which the reader can be coaxed into thinking in some fashions guided by specific linguistic devices employed for ideological texts. Forty-seven subjects divided into two groups (humanities majors and natural science majors at undergraduate level) joined the two-fold questionnaire surveys intended to look at their critical reading abilities. The empirical results indicate that college students whose majors are humanities were more inclined to take a holistic approach in processing commercial advertisement texts and their abilities for critical interpretation appeared to be lower than those of the subjects whose majors are natural sciences, who showed a relatively high tendency to take an analytical approach in decoding the textual facts. As a consequence, pedagogic implications for increasing critical reading abilities have resulted in a set of analytical procedures concerning ideological texts which is linked with instructional guidelines to emphasize the importance of the reader's logical and analytical reasoning power, entirely accepted as a general prerequisite for cracking the covert language gambits.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.59-85
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• 2007

This study examined patterns of engaging in "reading in connection to writing" (hereafter reading-writing practices) in the context of two ESL college composition classrooms. The purpose of this study was to explore whether the L2 proficiency level could be a key construct in explaining similarities and differences in reading-writing practices which students engaged in during the composing process. Multiple sources of data collected over the semester included interview protocols, written products, and observational notes. The results showed that the three proficiency groups under examination differed widely in the ways reading was connected to writing and in the types of intermediate texts produced during the composing process. The students in the high proficiency group produced more intermediate texts through an engagement in reading-writing practices connected to each other. On the contrary, the students in lower proficiency groups engaged in a limited range of reading-writing practices without support of intermediate texts. This study provides insight into the different ways ESL college students coordinate reading and writing while composing essays.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.1-22
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• 2009

This case study aimed to explore proficient EFL readers' perceptions and experiences about reading tasks and how those perceptions and experiences influence their reading processing behaviors, and to examine how the cultural background of a text affects their reading strategies and comprehension. Three college students who were non-English majors participated in this study. Three data sources were employed: questionnaires, interviews, and think-alouds. The results showed that: (1) the participants emphasized comprehension as the goal of reading and considered themselves good EFL readers; (2) their reading purposes were closely associated with personal pursuits; (3) they preferred to read materials that deal with areas of interest but did not try to take a risk in terms of level of difficulty and/or length; (4) they implemented a multistrategic approach to reading in that the majority of their strategy use was in conjunction with their concern about meaning construction; (5) they were able to develop useful understandings of unknown vocabulary; and (6) their clear awareness of the cultural background presupposed in the text helped them invoke prior knowledge and reduce unknown vocabulary hindrances which contributed to comprehension. Pedagogical implications for EFL reading instruction are provided.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.27-49
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• 2009

This study aimed to explore EFL learners' beliefs and preferences about reading tasks and to examine the reading processes that they use for making sense of text. The subjects were comprised of 107 college students who were non-English majors and aged 19-28 years. Based on scores achieved on a reading comprehension test, they were divided into two groups (more-skilled and less-skilled readers) and asked to respond to a survey in class. The results of the survey revealed that: (1) a majority rate themselves as fair readers, which might be indicative of the insecurity they feel toward L2 reading; (2) authentic texts (especially magazines) and popular media appear to be their favorite reading materials; (3) unknown vocabulary is a major impediment to their L2 reading comprehension; (4) the more-skilled readers manifest a meaning centered view of reading, whereas the less-skilled readers center on vocabulary; and (5) both groups employ a multistrategic approach to L2 reading; however, the less-skilled readers are less successful in determining the meaning of unknown vocabulary. Pedagogical implications for EFL classroom teachers are provided.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.161-175
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• 2011

This paper examines Korean EFL high school students' reader responses on an expository text and a narrative text with the same topic. The purpose of the study is to investigate whether they have different reading models depending on the two genres and whether there are any differences depending on the learners' proficiency levels. The analysis focuses on textual, critical, and aesthetic reading models in the reader responses written in English by science-gifted high school students (N=30). The results show that the participants have different reading models in reading an expository text and a narrative text. They tend to read the expository text in a more critical way while reading the narrative text in a more personal and emotional way. Moreover, regardless of the proficiency levels, they wrote longer responses on the narrative text than the expository text. However, the proficiency level of English does not support any significant differences in the types of reading models. The findings provide Korean EFL high school students' characteristics in L2 reading and suggest the pedagogical implication to pursue linguistic development as well as reading for pleasure.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.139-159
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• 2008

독서교육에 관한 최근의 연구에 의하면 독립적인 기능 중심의 교육보다는 독서전략을 중심으로 지도해야 한다는 주장이 폭넓게 수용되고 있다. 독서전략은 독자가 능숙하게 독서를 하는데 동원하거나 지도교사가 효과적인 독자가 될 수 있도록 지도하는 방법이나 의도적인 계획을 말한다. 그동안 학교도서관에서 제공하는 독서교육 프로그램은 독서촉진 혹은 행사에 치중해 왔다. 따라서 학교도서관에서 제공하는 독서교육은 독서촉진이나 행사보다는 독서전략 중심의 교육으로 전환할 필요가 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 텍스트 종류, 텍스트의 구조, 독서의 과정, 인지전략 등 4개의 요소로 구분하여 독서교육에 필요한 독서전략을 범주화하였다.

• 한국가정과교육학회지
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.125-137
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• 2008

본 연구는 독서를 활용한 기술 가정 수업의 효과를 알아보기 위해서 식생활 단원을 중심으로 독서교육의 교수-학습 지도안을 개발 적용하여, 학생들의 기술 가정 수업에 대한 흥미를 높이고 식생활 문제에 대한 관심도를 증가시켜 안전한 식품을 선택할 수 있는 능력을 길러주는 데 목적을 두었다. 본 연구에서는 경기도 부천시의 중학교 3학년을 대상으로 사전의 영양 성취도 점수를 비교하여 실험집단과 통제집단을 선정하였다. 통제집단은 전통적 강의식 수업으로, 실험집단은 독서교육을 활용하여 4주간, 총 8차시의 수업을 실시한 후 두 집단의 실험 처치 전 후의 차이를 SPSS 프로그램을 이용하여 paired t-test로 분석하였다. 본 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 독서교육을 위한 교수-학습 방법을 개발하여 이를 실제 수업에 적용하였다. 독서 활동 후에 개발된 독서 기록 카드와 학습지를 작성하면서 식생활과 관련된 용어를 명확히 이해하고 식생활 문제의 심각성을 깨달아 스스로 해결 방안을 모색할 수 있도록 교수-학습 방법을 개발하고 독서를 활용한 토론 학습을 통해 기술 가정 수업의 흥미를 높이고 의사소통 능력을 기를 수 있도록 하였다. 둘째, 위에서 개발한 교수-학습 방법을 활용한 실험집단과 전통적 강의식 수업을 진행한 통제집단의 사전 사후 검사를 실시하여 비교 분석하였다. 그 결과 전통적 강의식 수업을 진행한 통제집단에 비해 독서교육 교수-학습 방법을 적용한 실험집단 학생들의 기술 가정 수업과 교사에 대한 인식이 긍정적으로 변화한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 실험집단의 경우 실험 처치 후에 식품 선택 태도가 긍정적인 방향으로 변화하였다. 그러나, 실험 처치가 실험집단과 통제집단의 식생활 단원과 독서에 대한 관심도, 식습관에는 영향을 미치지 못한 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 독서교육이 기술 가정과 수업의 흥미를 높이고 교사에 대한 인식을 긍정적으로 바꾸는 것으로 나타났으며, 식품 선택의 태도를 향상시키는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 학생들이 올바른 식습관을 형성하여 건강한 삶을 영위할 수 있도록 돕기 위해 독서교육을 활용한 다양한 교수-학습 지도안을 개발하고 지속적으로 수업에 활용하여야 할 것으로 사료된다.