Tourism English Education Based on Students' Beliefs on Foreign Language Learning

성명희 범태평양응용언어학회 1999 범태평양응용언어학회지 Vol.3 No.1

The purpose of this study is to investigate what beliefs Korean college students majoring in tourism English hold about learning foreign languages, particularly on English and to suggest the desirable directions of English teaching for them. To achieve this, one hundred and fourteen students at Seoul Health College participated in the study. A 30 item questionnaire(15 open-ended and 15 closed) about subjects` beliefs on language learning was grouped together into three categories. They included (1) beliefs on the nature of foreign language learning, (2) beliefs on the learners` own English learning, (3) beliefs on the learners' own language learning environment. The main findings and suggestions are provided.

Tourism English Teaching Techniques Converged from Two Different Angles

성명희 범태평양응용언어학회 2001 범태평양응용언어학회지 Vol.5 No.1

This paper aims to provide some techniques converged from two different angles(learners and tourism English features)for effective tourism English teaching in junior college in Korea. For this, comprehensive methods were undertaken: a questionnaire for learners` needs analysis, an instrument designed by Xiao-hua and Naerssen (1987) for learners` strategies for oral communication, a small-scale classroom study for learners`preference of teaching techniques; interviews for the feature of tourism English teaching. It is suggested that the specific knowledge of the content and the basic expressions of the content be first identified, and then, interaction, an essential factor, be focised on provoking learners` stategies for communication, and be placed on a continuum from predictable interaction to language parctice, along with various groupings, supports of grammar knowledge when necessary.

원격영상강의에서 발생하는 상호작용의 빈도와 유형이 학습 동기유발에 미치는 영향

강명희,김서영 한국교육정보방송학회 1996 교육정보미디어연구 Vol.1 No.2

본 연구에서는 원격영상 강의를 시범적으로 실시하고 있는 '한국방송대학교'의 2개 강좌-사회과학 계열 1개 과목과 인문과학 계열 1개 과목-를 모국과 자국 모두 관찰함으로써 원격교육에서 상호작용이 어떠한 빈도와 형태로 나타나고 있으며 이는 학습자의 동기유발에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 조사하였다. Flanders의 상호작용 분석법을 활용하여 비디오로 촬영한 강좌 상황을 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. (1) 사회과학 계열의 과목이 인문과학 계열 과목보다 교사 대 학습자 (T-S), 학습자 대 교사(S-T), 학습자 대 학습자(S-S) 상호작용이 많이 일어난 것으로 관찰되었다. (2) 모국과 자국의 비교에서는 모국이 자국에 비해 일반적으로 상호작용이 많이 일어나며, 그 유형은 교사 대 학습자(T-S) 상호작용이 주를 이루었다. (3) 상호작용이 많은 것이 학습자의 동기를 전반적으로는 유발하지 않았으나. T-S 유형은 학습자 의 주의력에 S-T 유형은 학습자의 자신감에 의미있는 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. The purpose of the study is to investigate the frequencies and patterns of teacher-student interaction and gain insight on the student motivation regarding interaction through two video conferencing courses being implemented at Korea Open University during the fall semester of 1995. The results revealed the lecture K provided much more interaction than lecture M. In lecture K, teacher-student interaction was prevalent. On the other hand, student-teacher interaction was more observed in lecture M. The on-site location showed more interaction than remote-site in both lecture. On-site location, teacher-student interaction was more frequently observed and student-teacher interaction was shown more in remote-site. Analysis of the relationship between interaction pattern and student motivation revealed that there was no correlation between interaction pattern and student motivation. All pattern of interaction could not be directly correlated to overall students motivations. However, it was elucidated that the Teacher-Student pattern enhanced attention of the students and the Student-Teacher pattern positively influenced confidence of the students.

관동맥연축의 진단을 위한 Ergonovine Echocardiography의 안전성 및 임상적 유용성

송재관,박성욱,강덕현,조구영,나득영,이내희,이철환,홍명기,김재중,박승정 대한순환기학회 2000 Korean Circulation Journal Vol.30 No.8

Winter Olympics Mascots: Features and Attributes

Myeong Hee SEONG(Myeong Hee SEONG),Dong Geun LEE(Dong Geun LEE),Hyuk Jin LEE(Hyuk Jin LEE) 한국스포츠과학회 2023 스포츠과학연구(JSAS) Vol.7 No.1

A Comparison of College Learners` Needs in General English with Academic Achievement

Myeong Hee Seong,Hyung Ji Chang 현대영어교육학회 2008 현대영어교육 Vol.9 No.2

This study was conducted to compare college learners` needs in General English (GE) with their academic achievements in order to suggest some considerations for GE curriculum design. For the purpose, questionnaires were administered to 796 university students taking GE courses at the beginning of the semester and achievement tests were conducted twice, in the middle of and at the end of the semester. The results of need analysis were compared with the learners` academic achievements evaluated by the instructors of each GE course. Five considerations were analyzed in this study; the goal of GE, the time frame during college years, mediated language during instruction, the focused language skills and the preferable GE contents. This study shows that college learners, who have attained higher grades from GE, present needs on the concurrent use of both Korean and English, and high interest in the instructional contents. Regardless of learners` grades, they prefer to take integrated language skill based instruction as well as GE instruction with the goal of communicative competence. Based on the results, some considerations for curriculum development were mentioned.

Syntactic Features of Korea English: Word Order, Ellipsis, Articles, Prepositions, Passive, and Miscellaneous

( Myeong-hee Seong ),( Kang-youg Lee ) 범태평양 응용언어학회 2008 범태평양응용언어학회지 Vol.12 No.1

For the recent discussions on the status of English in the global context and its implication for English language teaching (Canagarajah, 2006; Jenkins, 2003, 2005, 2006a, 2006b; Kachru, 1985, 1991, 1992a, 1992b; Modiano, 1999a, 1999b; Rajagopalan, 2004), some ELT researchers (Lee, 2007; Park, 2006, 2007) have conducted a full-scaled documentation on a uniquely common set of English rules and expressions in South Korea and termed it as ‘Korea English.’ In alignment with this movement, the current study presents a first investigation on idiosyncratic syntactic features of Korea English in the domains of (1) word order, (2) ellipsis, (3) articles, (4) prepositions, (5) passive, and (6) miscellaneous. Corpus data of this study come from the Cross Cultural Distance Learning program established and conducted by both Korea and Waseda universities since the late of 1990s. The data display some syntactic aspects of Korea English as the result of contact with Korean language. For its organization, the present paper firstly reviews the theoretical framework in which (1) the emergence of varieties of English in diverse settings and their legitimacy, and the issue of standards in teaching English as an international language and (2) the emergence of ‘Korea English’ are discussed. Secondly, the study describes the data to be analyzed. The study thirdly investigates use of English in relation to the syntactic aspects. Finally, the study concludes and discusses the future directions for studies on local varieties of English based upon corpus data.

The Effects of an Extracurricular English Program in the Improvement of College Students’ Core Competencies

Myeong-Hee Seong,Mee Hye Kang,서보경 범태평양 응용언어학회 2019 범태평양응용언어학회지 Vol.23 No.1

This study examines the effects of a 2-week intensive English program based on the college students’ perceptions of core competencies: English Communication Competency, Self-Directed Competency, Community Competency, and Knowledge and Information Literacy Competency. The program was non-credit and was held in January 2019 for first-year students who had chosen to attend a university in Korea in the upcoming semester. The data for this case study was collected through a questionnaire completed by 33 students and reflection papers from students and was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The results showed that three competencies (English Communication Competency, Self-Directed Competency, and Knowledge and Information Literacy Competency) of the participants were improved after joining the English program. The results also revealed that Community Competency did not improve significantly after joining the program but showed a strong tendency. The results indicated that a short term English program is effective in the aspects of enhancing college students’ core competencies. It is necessary to continuously monitor the effects of the program in the aspects of core competencies. The pedagogical implications and future directions of the study were discussed.

College Students’ Core Competencies in an Extracurricular English Program

Myeong-Hee Seong 한국언어과학회 2020 한국언어과학회 학술대회 Vol.2020 No.10

To date, a great amount of emphasis has been placed on competency-based learning in college education. Much research has shown the effects of core competencies in college education. However, little attention has been paid on the effects of core competencies in English education and extracurricular English programs. This study examines the effects of a 2-week intensive English program based on the college students’ perceptions of core competencies: English Communication Competency, Self-Directed Competency, Community Competency, and Knowledge and Information Literacy Competency. The program was non-credit and was held in 2019 for first-year students who had chosen to attend a university in Korea in the upcoming semester. The data for this case study was collected through a questionnaire completed by 33 students and reflection papers from students and was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. The items were adopted from the report from Korea Council for University Education (2018). The results showed that three competencies (English Communication Competency, Self-Directed Competency, and Knowledge and Information Literacy Competency) of the participants were improved after joining the English program. The results also revealed that Community Competency did not improve significantly after joining the program but showed a strong tendency. The results indicated that a short term English program is effective in the aspects of enhancing college students’ core competencies. It is necessary to continuously monitor the effects of the program in the aspects of core competencies. The pedagogical implications and future directions of the study were discussed.

Suggestions for an Effective College English Camp

Myeong-Hee Seong,Jennifer Reed,Hyung-ji Chang 한국영어어문교육학회 2012 영어어문교육 Vol.18 No.4

This study aims to give an in-depth understanding of why and how on instituting an intensive English camp, to show the reality of the camp and finally to provide suggestions for an effective college English through investigating the participants and instructors’ perception of the English camp program. The Camps for this study have been executed four times for over the course of two years, from 2010 to 2012 during summer and winter vacations. For this study, reflection papers from students and an instructor’s journal were collected and analyzed. The collective total of student participants has been 320 in which the demographic characteristics have been a variety of majors and ages. The students’ reflection papers conducted at the end of each camp were open-ended, and the instructor’s journal was written on a daily basis through the camp. The journal includes reflections based on the instructors’ teaching experience throughout the camp, interviews with other participating instructors and students. The participants’ perceptions of the camp were categorized into five factors: affective aspects, cultural aspects, language ability, teaching methods, and camp management. Considering these factors, the suggestions for an effective college English camp were provided, presenting merits and demerits of the overall management of the program.