초등 예비교사의 영어수업보조교사제를 통한 수업컨설팅 및 교육실습 강화 방안

강후동(Kang, Hoo-Dong) 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회) 2012 영어교육연구 Vol.24 No.1

The purpose of this study is to investigate the in- and pre-service teachers’ perceptions of English Teaching Assistant system that was introduced to enhance teaching practice of and instructional consulting for student teachers at elementary schools. This study uses a survey questionnaire and teaching journals to examine both in- and pre-service elementary school teachers' perceptions. Survey data and teaching journals were collected from 20 elementary teachers and 37 pre-service elementary English teachers who participated in the English Teaching Assistant system for a semester. The research data presents that both in- and pre-service teachers think the program positively effects pre-service teachers’ acquisition of teaching methods and understanding of elementary English education, and elementary school students’ English level. The results also show both in- and preservice elementary school teachers answered positively to questions on the introduction of this system. Moreover, the findings indicate that more time for teaching practice and for pre-discussion between in- and pre-service teachers on their job would be preferred by both kinds of teachers. In-service teachers suggest that the program should be strengthened to give the participants some additional points towards their course evaluation at their university or to adopt the program as a required course of the curriculum.

한국 언론에 비친 미 평화봉사단의 영어교육 및 사회·교육에 끼친 영향 연구

강후동(Kang, Hoo Dong) 영미어문학회 2021 영미어문학연구 Vol.35 No.1

Kang, Hoo Dong. 2021. “The Effects of American Peace Corps on English Education and Socio-education in Korea in the Newspapers.” J ournal of British & American Language, Literature & E ducation 35(1), 27-49. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of Peace Corps on English education and socio-educational aspect in the Korean Peninsula in Korean newspapers. For this study, 127 newspaper articles from 1966 to 2015 were collected from the Chosun Ilbo, the Dong-A Ilbo, the Chungang Ilbo archives, Korea Times, and so on. The collected articles showed the significant influence of Peace Corps activities on the life patterns of Korean people during this period. The results of the study reveal that the Peace Corps’ service in Korea contributed to and influenced on the life of not only their students but also participants themselves as Peace Corps in various aspects. This study categorizes the influences into five domains: 1) diplomatic relations, 2) spread of Korean culture, language, and literature, 3) religious activities in English, 4) friendship and more, 5) the effect of English education. The study concluded that the articles of Korean newspapers more highlighted the effects of Peace Corps on other domains above rather than on English education, even though their duties more heavily focused on English education.

초등학교 영어 수업장학 활동의 실태분석과 개선방안

강후동(Kang Hoo-Dong) 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회) 2007 영어교육연구 Vol.19 No.4

  The purpose of this study is to improve the quality of the elementary school English classes through an examination of the actual conditions of English instructional supervision. In order to determine what goes on in current English instructional supervision in the elementary schools, the study designed queries and interviewed teachers for the purpose of identifying the realities of English instructional supervision. Interview was conducted with 12 teachers. Survey data were randomly collected from 217 elementary teachers working at 23 elementary schools in Gyeongsang province. The results show the respondents answered negatively to questions on the revitalization of supervision activities, the ways of evaluating their English teaching in the classroom, and their frequency of using evaluation checklists in their supervision activities. They answered that consultation from peer teachers has been most effective for improving their instruction and peer supervision among the 5 most prevailing types of supervision was mostly preferred. Moreover, the findings indicated that supervision before teaching was mostly preferred. Based on the findings, the study insists that supervision activities should be effective when it can be revitalized by teachers themselves and online supports. It also suggests that offices of education and schools need to support teachers to organize consulting communities by themselves and develop some effective systems of peer supervision activities in each school. Finally, teachers need to be more acquainted with the criteria and components of evaluation checklists before teaching.

초등영어교육과정과 연계한 유아영어교육교재의 분석과 개발방향

강후동(Kang, Hoo Dong) 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회) 2014 영어교육연구 Vol.26 No.1

The purpose of this study is to improve the quality of preschool English education textbooks based on the elementary English curriculum. The study reviews the current issues of preschool English education and analyzes previous studies on preschool English education for the purpose of identifying the realities of preschool English textbooks as well as preschool English education in Korea. After reviewing eight preschool English textbooks, the study found many textbook series and their teacher's guidebooks do not contain detailed development criteria such as the number of vocabulary and the limit of sentence length according to different preschool pupil age categories in their developing textbooks. The study indicates many words, expressions, and dialogues included in the preschool textbooks are inappropriate for their levels. The study finally insists that preschool textbook developers should consider detailed criteria in closer connection with elementary school textbooks. Related government organizations as well as publishing companies should have the proper reviewing system for better preschool English education textbooks.

영어·미술 통합수업을 통한 내용중심 초등영어교육 프로그램의 효과성 연구

강후동(Kang, Hoo-Dong),강혜영(Kang, Hye-Young) 한국초등영어교육학회 2009 초등영어교육 Vol.15 No.1

Since content-based immersion programs were first established in Korea in 1995, content-based and immersion models can now be found across the whole country. However, the effects of content-based models are still controversial. This study examines the effects of content-based programs which integrate art with English in a primary school for a duration of 8 months, and compares them with those of a normal program over the same period. The pre-and post- English proficiency tests and written art tests were conducted on 120 students in 4 different classes: 2 classes formed experimental groups and 2 formed the comparative groups. The study found that the content-based program was indeed beneficial to Korean EFL learners on all the skills, I.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Specially, the content-based program was beneficial to both low level students and high level students in writing. The content-based program was also more effective in attaining achievement in art in the experimental groups than the comparative groups. In addition, the survey result conducted on the experimental group showed that the effects of the content-based program positively influenced students' comprehension of the content of their English class. Pedagogical implications and directions for future research are also discussed.

초등영어교육에서의 활용을 위한 인성평가지 개발

강후동(Kang Hoo Dong) 한국초등영어교육학회 2017 초등영어교육 Vol.23 No.1

The purpose of this study is to locate the character indices and to develop self-reported evaluation items of character appropriate for EFL teaching contexts confirming the validity and reliability of the developed scale. For the study, the Delphi method was employed with 88 experts to locate the character indices and to determine the order of importance and realization among them. The result showed that there are 12 basic character indices to be used in English teaching. The indices were selected considering Kendall s W-test, Borich, and the Locus for Focus. The evaluation scale was administered to 38 teachers three times and 725 Korean elementary school students for the study. The results were analyzed using two factor analyses: Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmative Factor Analysis (CFA). EFA of the 18 item scale demonstrated Cronbach s α=.96 for internal consistency of the total items. CFA supported a six-factor structure. Cross-Validation for the retest accepted six-factors. Those six factors were as follows; Gratitude and Etiquette as factor 1, Fairness as factor 2, Sharing and Consideration as factor 3, Sincerity as factor 4, Sense of Responsibility as factor 5, and Broad-mindedness as factor 6. The Model Fit Indexes such as Comparative Fit Index(CFI), Tucker-Lewis Index(TLI), and Root Mean Square Error of Approximation(RMSEA) proved that Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) is satisfactory. It is hoped that the aforementioned factors and test items developed in this study can be useful to evaluate character education in EFL teaching. The test items can be also one of the various and convenient evaluation tools which were explicitly suggested to use in the 2015 Revised English National Curriculum.

영어전문교사제에 대한 초등교사의 인식과 대안에 대한 연구

강후동(Kang Hoo-Dong) 한국초등영어교육학회 2008 초등영어교육 Vol.14 No.2

  This study examines elementary school teachers perception of and alternatives to the current educational plan which introduces English Specialist Instructors to the elementary schools through a survey questionnaire. Queries designed for the purpose of identifying what they think about the English Specialist Instructor System newly driven by the Ministry of Education and what they think they need for solving the problems in English education currently issued out in Korea. Survey data were randomly collected from 200 elementary teachers at 7 elementary schools in Gyeongnam province. The results show the respondents answered very negatively to questions on the new introduction of the English Specialist Instructor System and suggest some alternative plans for the better English education. This study also suggests some ways of improving teachers training programs and the system of English Specialist Teacher put into effect in the elementary schools.

초등영어교육을 위한 창의성 · 인성교육 효과 분석에 관한 연구

강후동(Kang, Hoo Dong),최지연(Choi, Ji Yeon) 한국초등영어교육학회 2012 초등영어교육 Vol.18 No.1

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of creativity and character education at the elementary level. This study uses pre and post self-evaluation sheets and pre and post tests to examine the effects of creativity and character education on elementary students. For the purposes of this study, teaching materials, including lesson plans, were developed to complement the current elementary school textbook and were then integrated into an elementary school curriculum for eight months. The questions on the self-evaluation sheet were designed to identify the students’ creativity and character based on learning activities done in English classes. The self-evaluation data and pre and posttest results were collected from 59 elementary school students in the experimental group and 61 elementary school students in the control group. The results indicate that creativity and character education can be meaningfully and successfully integrated into English classes at the elementary level. The research data shows that the creativity and character education has not positively affected students' general academic achievement and test scores of test items related to creativity. However, the results show the creativity and character education has positively affected students' confidence in terms of their creativity and character as well as their attitude towards English learning. The study also suggests that creativity and character should be included in evaluation criteria for school textbooks, teaching materials, and teaching practices.

효과적인 초등교사 해외영어연수프로그램 개발을 위한 제언

강후동(Kang, Hoo Dong) 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회) 2010 영어교육연구 Vol.22 No.1

In South Korea, many in- and pre-service teachers are being sent to foreign countries for training programs based on the recent decisions of local educational offices and universities of education to send its current teachers as well as student educators abroad to enhance their teaching abilities. The study firstly proves that a 4-week program abroad has a significantly positive effect on improving participating teachers’classroom English proficiency when it includes a course of classroom English despite the relatively short period of training abroad. The participating elementary teachers who were involved in 3 different models in the Philippines and in the U.S.A, were given survey questionnaires to uncover their perceptions on the programs experienced while training abroad. The surveyed teachers’ perceptions were found to be overall satisfactory. Furthermore, ‘peer activity’ was rated as the most effective component of the program because of the authentic experience and practical applications within the training program. While the Philippine programs had many positive reviews in developing intensive and varied program contents, there was also strong criticism of the program’s shortcomings based on the social-language learning barriers. The study also suggests possible ways of heightening the effectiveness of the 4-week training abroad programs for future applications.

코로나19 이후의 자기주도적 영어학습에 대한 대학생 인식 연구

강후동(Kang, Hoo Dong) 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회) 2021 영어교육연구 Vol.33 No.4

The purpose of this study was to investigate the university students’ perceptions of self-directed English learning since the COVID-19 pandemic. To accomplish this, the following survey was conducted; students were asked to evaluate two factors, learner factor and self-directed English learning in order to examine its importance. A total of 72 university students participated in this study. The data analysis showed that self-directed learning, motivation, and technology literacy are highly important to learners of English in the COVID-19 era. The results also presented that university students perceived voluntary plans and responsibility for learning as the most important factor among 7 sub-factors of self-directed English learning. Based on the results, some possible effective methods and considerations for the post-COVID-19 were suggested.