Suggestions for Cultivating Comprehensible Output in a College English Camp

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study investigates English camp for college learners in Korea and suggests that cultivating comprehensible output in the program is effective in developing the communicative competence in terms of learners’ affective variables and their competence in speaking. In the study, eighty college students participated in the English camp and reported their increase of willingness to communicate in English and their decrease of communication anxiety. During the camp, participants experienced the abundance of English input with English mediated instructions, English reading materials and English speaking media from morning to evening for three weeks, along with the pushed output through English presentation, situational conversation, topic discussion, TOEIC speaking preparation, and peer talks in the small group activities. In the results, besides the positive effects of comprehensible input in the language acquisition process, cultivating comprehensible output through the way of pushed output is proved to be a reliable facilitator to activate learners’ willingness as well as to reduce anxiety in communication. The speaking test scores of the participants evaluated by native speakers increased.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION
• Ⅱ. LITERATURE REVIEW
• Ⅲ. RESEARCH METHODS
• Ⅳ. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
• Ⅴ. CONCLUSION
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX