디지털 영어자료를 활용한 초등학생의 영어 능력 향상 방안 = An Experiment for Improving Korean Primary School Students' English Proficiency Using Digital Resources

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

ABSTRACT

An Experiment for Improving Korean Primary School Students’
English Proficiency Using Digital Resources

Cheol Soo Jeong

Department of English Education
Graduate School of Education, Kongju National University

Supervised by Prof. Byung Bin Im

The purpose of this thesis is to determine the improvement of primary school students' English proficiency, when using digital resources. The observed areas would include the listening, reading, and writing skills of English learning. This experiment was done using subjects, forty-four students, which were taken from 5thgrade classes at both, (N) and (G) primary schools, located in Cheongyang.
Recently, there has been an increase in the use of digital English resources. It is a very influential tool that is used, in means of English learning. When using digital resources, users that are self teaching or studying, have the ability to manage their learning pace, and interest and desires of study.
The use of digital resources through websites could also have a positive effect on learning English. Most English websites intentions are on enhancing the areas of skills in reading, writing, and listening by incorporating reading passages, writing sections, and audio for the users. Having these elements are sure to improve the user’s intelligence, fluency, and ability to speak English.
During the experiment, a questionnaire was given, with eleven questions, regarding teacher’s practice in English teaching, utilizing digital resources and how frequently it was used. Pretesting of listening, reading, and writing were carried out to the subjects. Afterwards, an experimental group and a controlled group were chosen, based on the results of the pretest.
After four months of treatment lessons, the English ability test was given to the class and the controlled group. As a result, the research outcome is as follow:
The class lesson using English digital resources were verified to have had a positive response on the primary school students with an improvement in their English proficiency. It also showed a drastic increase in the development of the listening skills of the students. As for the questionnaire survey, most elementary school English teachers reported that they do use digital resources at least once or twice per week. After doing this experiment, one should believe that digital resources will help improve primary school students' English proficiency.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 목 차
• 1. 서론 1
• 1.1 연구의 목적 및 필요성 1
• 1.2 연구 가설 2
• 1.3 용어의 정의 2
• 1.4 연구의 범위 및 제한점 3
• 2. 이론적 배경 4
• 2.1 개별화 수업과 디지털교과서 개념 4
• 2.1.1 개별화 수업 4
• 2.1.2 디지털교과서(Digital Textbook) 5
• 2.2 디지털교과서 활용 환경과 활용 방법 8
• 2.2.1 디지털 영어교과서 활용 환경 8
• 2.2.2 디지털 영어교과서 활용 방법 10
• 2.3 디지털 교과서 활용을 위한 교수․학습 모형과 절차 22
• 2.3.1 PPP 모형 22
• 2.3.2 활동중심 모형 23
• 2.3.3 과제중심 모형 27
• 3. 연구의 방법 및 절차 29
• 3.1 실험 대상 29
• 3.2 사전 검사 결과 30
• 3.3 실험 기간 30
• 3.3 실험 자료 30
• 3.4 검증 자료 및 방법 31
• 3.4.1 충남사이버 스쿨 ‘영어야 놀자’ 학급 개설 31
• 3.4.2 디지털 영어 교재 활용 34
• 3.4.3 디지털 교과서 활용 35
• 3.4.4 디지털 교과서 수업절차 구안 및 적용 41
• 3.4.5 디지털 교과서 교수․학습 과정안 46
• 3.4.6 검증 방법 51
• 3.5 실험 처치 52
• 3.5.1 실험 집단 학습방법 52
• 3.5.2 비교 집단 학습방법 52
• 3.5.3 교사들의 디지털 자료 활용 53
• 4. 결과 분석 및 논의 54
• 4.1 가설 1의 검증 54
• 4.2 가설 2의 검증 55
• 4.3 가설 3의 검증 56
• 4.4 교사용 설문지 분석 57
• 5. 결론 및 제언 64
• 5.1 결론 64
• 5.2 제언 65
• 참고문헌 66
• ABSTRACT 68
• 부 록 69