The purpose of this study was to analyze the literacy activities of 3rd and 4th grade English textbooks based on the 2015 revised national English curriculum in order to find out types and characteristics of literacy activities, and to see how element...
The purpose of this study was to analyze the literacy activities of 3rd and 4th grade English textbooks based on the 2015 revised national English curriculum in order to find out types and characteristics of literacy activities, and to see how elements of the curriculum are distributed in literacy activities.
This study analyzed the literacy activities according to reading activity type, writing activity type, and the type of language function integration. And this study analyzed literacy activities according to material, communication function, and language form in order to investigate how elements of the curriculum are distributed in literacy activities presented in the textbooks.
The results of this study can be summarized as follows;
First, The most common types of reading and writing activities presented in textbooks were 'reading words or phrases' and 'writing words or phrases'.
Second, As a result of analyzing the literacy activities according to the type of integration of language functions, the most common type of literacy activity was the integration of two language functions.
Third, as a result of analyzing the literary activities according to the language materials presented in the curriculum, learner's daily life contents were frequently used in literacy activities. As an element of literacy activities, 'animals, plants and natural phenomena', 'family life, food and shelter,' and 'leisure life' were most frequently presented as the material of literacy activities. And, ‘communication and asking’, ‘persuading and recommending’, and ‘social activities’ were frequently presented among communication functions. With regard to the form of language, ‘nouns’, ‘type of sentence’, and ‘questions’ have been used widely.
Based on these results, this study suggests the followings.
First, teachers should make use of various types of reading and writing activities, and various types of language function integration to enable learners to learn in an interesting and effective way.
Second, according to the textbook, teacher should mainly use the language materials frequently encountered in everyday life, but instruct them not to overestimate the minority items.
Third, teachers should teach various types of language forms and communication functions appropriate to the level of learner through literacy activities.