Following the current of the era of internationalization, the importance of English is increasing daily and the problem of inequality is deepening at once. Accordingly, the government establish EBS English(EBSe), the professional channel for English e...
Following the current of the era of internationalization, the importance of English is increasing daily and the problem of inequality is deepening at once. Accordingly, the government establish EBS English(EBSe), the professional channel for English education targeted the whole nation in 2007 which aims to narrow the gap of English education between the districts and levels, to reduce the private education expenses, to supplement the opportunity of school and to innovate English education, and they're making effort to propagate it.
This study aims to comprehend the effect of applying internet English language educational broadcasting(EBSe) following the forms of learning in the elementary school English class. Namely, it organizes the forms of learning in the elementary school English class with small group collaborative learning and differentiated learning, and applies EBSe program to each proper forms of learning, after that, it planned to recognize the more effective EBSe program applying learning forms.
To achieve this goal, two classes of 4th grade of S elementary school in Seoul through the tests for equality were selected, and the test class was executed for 12 weeks. It organized the small group collaborative learning and differentiated learning by the literary research and previous research about the lesson applying the educational broadcasting based on Internet and cooperative learning, and the appropriate EBSe program was selected and the learning activities were inquired.
In order to determine the effect of the experimental lesson, the cognitive tests of the learners' listening·speaking section and the test of affective domain such as self-esteem, interest, self-expression abilities, participation etc. were operated with quantitative analysis, in addition, the qualitative analysis by the teacher's record of anecdote was operated side by side.
The obtained results are as follows.
First, the small group collaborative learning applying EBSe program had positive effect on the cognitive section as the learner's ability of listening and speaking. On the other hand, the differentiated learning applying EBSe program had positive effect on learner's listening ability but speaking. This showed that the learning effect of the cognitive section changed by the forms of learning and activities applying EBSe program.
Second, the small group collaborative learning applying EBSe program showed significant effect for improvement of three sections(self-esteem, interest, participation) except self-expression abilities among the learner's affective domain(self-esteem, interest, self-expression abilities, participation). On the other hand, the differentiated learning applying EBSe program made positive effect on three sections (interest, self-expression abilities, participation) except self-esteem. This shows that two forms of learning have each different characteristic, and the teacher should plan appropriate forms of learning and activities by the learner's affective characteristic and situation of learning.
The class utilizing EBSe program is very effective teaching and learning channel in the point of providing the data to the learners that makes input language of the various forms and the systematic learning by levels possible. In order to apply EBSe program at the school more effectively, the appropriate learning form and planning the activities are necessary, and the teacher's continuous research and the active support by the educational broadcasting company must be operated in connection with.