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본 연구의 목적은 컴퓨터 동화를 활용한 언어활동을 실시하여 봄으로써 유아의 언어 능력에 미치는 영향이 어떻게 나타나는지를 검증하는데 목적이 있다. 연구의 대상 유아는 충청북도 청주시에 위치한 S유치원 2개 학급 유아들이다. 2개 학급 모두 만5세 반이며, 유아 수는 실험집단은 30명(남:15, 여:15), 통제집단은 29명(남:14, 여15)이었다. 연구 결과 컴퓨터 동화를 활용한 언어활동은 유아의 언어 능력에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 다시 말하면 유아들은 컴퓨터 동화를 활용한 언어활동에 능동적이고 적극적으로 참여하였으며, 그 결과 유아의 언어 능력이 향상되었다는 것을 알 수 있다.
The purpose of this study was to investigate what effects the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had on children' s language abilities. The following research questions were established for this purpose. Research questions: Do the language arts activities using computer fairy tales have effects on children' s language abilities? 1. Do the language arts activities using computer fairy tales have effects on children' s vocabulary? 2. Do the language arts activities using computer fairy tales have effects on children' s Language understanding? 3. Do the language arts activities using computer fairy tales have effects on children' s Language expression? The subjects of this study were the children from 2 classrooms of S Kindergarten located in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do. All of them were 5 years old and the number of children was 30 for experiment group (15 male and 15 female children) and 29 for control group (14 male and 15 female children). For the research tool, it used the test tool for language abilities that was manufactured by Jang Young-ae (1981) corresponding to the level of children aged 4 to 6 and revised and supplemented by Park Ae-ja (1996). The multimedia used for language arts activities were 4 CD-ROM titles such as ' five children with lots of talents' , ' Grandmother and Me' , ' The Tortoise and the Hare' , ' etc. In order to verify the research questions, the study obtained the differences in the scores from vocabulary, language understanding and language expression acquired from pre-test and post-test of children of the said two groups and performed a t-test for the average improvement scores by each group. The results of this study were as below. It has been found that the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had positive effects on children' s language abilities. First, the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had positive effects on children' s vocabulary. Second, the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had positive effects on children' s language understanding. Third, the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had positive effects on children' s language expression. From the said results, it has been noted that children participated actively and enthusiastically in the language arts activities using multimedia and their language abilities were subsequently improved.
