한국 대학생들의 영어학습 탈동기 요인 연구

박은수 학습자중심교과교육학회 2022 학습자중심교과교육연구 Vol.22 No.20

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate demotivating factors influencing EFL learners of Korean university students. The study also aimed to identify whether any significant differences exist according to gender, the year of study, and students’ majors. Methods For this purpose, 143 undergraduate students from A university in Busan participated in this study. The study used a survey for data collection. Descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA., and Scheffé test were used to analyze the significant differences based on individual variables. Results Difficulties in learning English and social pressure on English were found to be the major demotivating factors among Korean university students. In particular, difficulties of writing and speaking in English were the most demotivating factors. It was also found that there were statistically significant differences depending on gender, the year of study, and students’ majors. Female students were more demotivated than male students. On the year of study, freshmen and juniors were more demotivated than sophomore and seniors. The pressure on English test scores was the demotivating factor to students studying humanities and social studies. The difficulty of English speaking was the demotivating factor to students studying nature science. Conclusions Based on the results, university students were negatively affected by COVID-19. pandemic in terms of English learning and achievement. Identifying demotivating factors in learning English can help educators to be more efficient in process of English teaching. In order to prevent students from being demotivated, educators should pay attention to the importance of background characteristics when developing English curricular. 목적 학습자의 동기부여와 성공적인 영어학습을 지원하기 위해서는 탈동기 요인을 이해는 것이 무엇보다 중요하다. 본 연구에서는대학생들의 영어학습에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 탈동기 요인을 조사하고 성별, 학년별, 전공계열별로 어떻게 차이가 있는지 살펴보았다. 방법 이를 위하여 부산 소재 A 대학교 학생 143명을 대상으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 설문지는 개인정보, 영어학습 기초조사, 영어학습 탈동기 영역, 총 32문항으로 구성되었다. 영어학습 탈동기는 자신감 부족, 영어학습의 어려움, 외적 동기 부족, 영어학습 방법에 대한 불만, 사회적 분위기, 영어권 문화 및 영어권 집단에 대한 부정적 태도의 총 6개 요인을 조사하였다. 자료 분석은 빈도분석, t-검증, ANOVA를 실시하였으며 사후검증으로 Scheffé 검증을 실시하였다. 결과 대학생들의 주요 탈동기 요인은 영어학습의 어려움과 영어를 강조하는 사회적 분위기였다. 영어학습의 어려움과 관련해서는영작문과 영어회화가 가장 높은 탈동기 요인이었다. 영어를 강조하는 사회적 분위기는 일정 점수를 넘어야한다는 압박감과 무조건공부해야하는 학습 부담이 가장 높은 탈동기 요인이었다. 탈동기 요인은 성별, 학년별, 전공계열별로 유의미한 차이가 있었다. 여학생이 남학생보다 탈동기가 높았으며, 1학년과 3학년이 다른 학년보다 탈동기가 높았다. 인문사회계열 학생들은 일정점수를 넘어야한다는 압박감이 탈동기 요인이었으며, 자연계열 학생들은 영어로 말할 때 생각대로 되지 않는 이유가 탈동기 요인이었다. 결론 영어학습 기초조사 결과를 통해 코로나 19 팬데믹 상황은 대학생들의 영어학습에 영향을 미친 것으로 나타났다. 취업을 위해영어가 필요한 현실을 놓고 볼 때 대학은 학생들의 영어학습 탈동기 요인을 파악하고 이를 적극적으로 영어교육과정에 반영할 필요가 있다. 특히 학년별, 전공계열별 탈동기 요인을 분석해 영어수업을 운영한다면 보다 효과적인 영어수업이 될 것이다.

한국 EFL 대학생들의 독해 전략 사용에 관한 연구

김윤정 ( Kim Yoon-jung ) 글로벌영어교육학회(구 호남영어교육학회) 2020 Studies in English education Vol.25 No.3

This paper examines Korean EFL college students’ perception on reading and how it differs according to their reading proficiency. The paper also investigates the students’ use of reading strategies and how it differs depending on their English reading proficiency. In addition, the relationship between the students’ use of reading strategies and their reading proficiency is examined. The study also identifies the most significant reading strategy affecting the students’ English reading proficiency. A total of 91 university students participated in the research. The results showed that the participants perceived vocabulary as their weakest area of English and reading as their primary area for improvement. The results also revealed that problem solving strategies were the most frequently used strategies regardless of the participants’ reading proficiency. Global strategies were significantly correlated with the participants’ reading proficiency. The most significant factor affecting their English reading proficiency was found to be the use of strategy, ‘I have a purpose in mind when I read’. Some implications and limitations are discussed.

코퍼스에 기반한 한국인 영어 학습자의 "부사+형용사" 연어 능력에 관한 연구

이윤경(Youn Kyoung Lee) 언어과학회 2009 언어과학연구 Vol.48 No.-

영어 저성취 대학생의 특성에 관한 내러티브 탐구

김병선(Byungsun Kim) 한국영미문학교육학회 2023 영미문학교육 Vol.27 No.3

This study is a narrative research on characteristics of a university student with low English achievement. As a narrative inquiry method, understanding of personal experiences through the context of life and three-dimensional narratives such as time, sociality, and place were considered in the interaction between time continuity and the social environment. Research participant is a freshman in C university located in Gangwon-do and he is majoring in social welfare. He hated English in the past and is not interested in English now. Content analyses of his narrative revealed five characteristics of university learner with low English achievement. First, he refused to learn English. Second, he has no chance to meet good English teachers who pay attention to low level English learners like him. Third, he has had difficulties in learning English. Fourth, he has not felt much discomfort even though he has low English achievement. Fifth, he has not had any practical experience regarding the necessity of English.

The Effects of Chatbot on Grammar Competence for Korean EFL College Students

안수진 한국디지털정책학회 2022 디지털융복합연구 Vol.20 No.3

The purpose of this study was to test whether or not the AI chatbot is effective in acquiring target grammar for Korean EFL college students: prepositions and articles. A quasi-experiment was conducted with 46 first-year students taking part in a required English course. They were randomly divided into two groups: the experimental and control groups (23 students for each, respectively). The experimental group was engaged in six chat sessions with a chatbot over 6 weeks. A pretest and a posttest were used to examine the effectiveness of the chatbot by comparing any changes made in error frequencies of the target grammar in participants' English compositions. The results show that after a conversation with the chatbot, the experimental group significantly reduced the mean of omission errors in both prepositions and articles. To have a great effect in other error categories, chatbot feedback needs to be improved to reduce short responses or inaccurate utterances of students and induce them to actively participate in the conversation.

Analyzing the Influence of Technology-utilizing Instruction on Korean College Students’ Motivation Toward English Learning

Gana Yim,Kyeong-Hee Rha 한국외국어교육학회 2022 Foreign languages education Vol.29 No.1

한국 EFL 대학생들의 초인지 듣기 전략 사용에 관한 연구

김윤정 글로벌영어교육학회 2022 Studies in English education Vol.27 No.3

This paper examines Korean EFL college students’ use of metacognitive listening strategies, and how it differs depending on their English listening proficiency. The relationship between the participants’ use of metacognitive listening strategies and their listening proficiency is also investigated. The study also identifies the most significant metacognitive listening strategy affecting the students’English listening proficiency. A total of 308 university students participated in the research. The listening scores of the TOEIC were used, and a questionnaire was administered. The results revealed that the problem solving strategies were the most frequently used metacognitive listening strategies, and the use differs depending on their English proficiency. The participants’ use of 12 metacognitive listening strategies out of 21 showed significant difference depending on their English listening proficiency. Also, the use of the strategies was significantly correlated with the participants’ English listening proficiency. The most significant factors affecting their English listening proficiency were found: one item from person knowledge (#3), one item from mental translation (#18), and two problem-solving strategies (#5, 17). Some pedagogical implications are discussed.