The purpose of this study was to investigate how the English speaking ability of Korean EFL college students was affected by their interactions with Talk-to-ChatGPT while taking an ‘English Interview’ class. Thirty pieces of English conversation scripts with thirty chatbot conversations created by five students were collected for analysis. Two online text analysis programs, Quillbot including word counter and grammar checker and T.E.R.A.(Text Ease and Readability Assessor), were used for data analysis. The findings of data analysis revealed that 1) The average length of the sentences and words spoken by the participants has increased through English speaking practice using Talk-to-ChatGPT, and 2) There was no significant change in text ease and readability, and coherence of students’ utterances through English speaking practice using a chatbot while there were differences depending on their English proficiency levels. 3) Students A, B, and D, who had relatively low levels of English proficiency, showed a slight increase in syntactic accuracy and semantic clarity in their English interview practice. Based on the study findings, pedagogical implications for the effective use of AI-based apps or programs in English speaking classes were presented.

In light of the expanding use of technology in education, we attempted to analyze how Korean college students perceived the use of Machine Translation (MT) tools in the classroom. Specifically, this study attempted to explore students’ perceptions of their ability to use MT tools and to measure the reliability of the MT-generated output, along with measuring students’ general sense of confidence in English learning. This research analyzed 183 EFL college students’ responses to an online survey, and a one-way ANOVA was used to test for the differences in the averages of three groups. The results of data analysis revealed that 1) Among beginners, intermediate learners, and advanced learners, those self-identifying as advanced had the highest scores on all the factors measured.; 2) There was a significant mean difference in students’ perceptions of the ability to use MT tools, their beliefs regarding MT’s effectiveness as a learning tool, and affective attitudes towards the use of MT tools between beginner and advanced groups. Based on the findings, pedagogical implications for the effective use of MT tools in the Korean EFL classrooms, and suggestions for future research were presented.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of using films on students’ reading comprehension and attitude toward their English study in the context of a college English class. Specifically, it attempted to examine how a film-based English reading class affected students’ reading comprehension and attitudes toward their study, and how they recognized the film-based English reading class. Thirty-one college students were asked to take pre- and post-tests in English reading, and to respond pre- and post-questionnaires regarding their affective domain, and a focus group of four students was voluntarily interviewed with one of two researchers. Quantitatively, a paired t-test was employed to compare the statistical means from those two samples, and qualitatively, the framework developed by Miles and Huberman (1994) was adopted to describe the major phases of data analysis. The results of data analysis indicated that 1) Using films in the college English reading was helpful for students to comprehend the given text, and to understand other cultures; 2) Also this film-based reading class optimally contributed to the affective domain such as students’ attitudes, interests, and confidence levels. Based on these results, pedagogical implications for effective English reading classes were suggested.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of using movies in an English reading course at the college level. In order to achieve this purpose, the following questions were constructed; 1) How have reading activities through movies affected Korean college students’ reading achievement?, 2) How have those activities affected the students’ attitudes toward English study?, and 3) How have the students responded this movie-used reading class affectively? Thirty two college students participated, and a paired t-test was conducted to compare two observations, before- and after- scores on the students’ reading achievement and their attitudes toward English study. The results of data analysis showed that statistically significant differences were found between pre- and post-reading achievement tests, and those reading activities through movies positively affected students’ interest and confidence in English reading. Also, this quantitative result has been verified by qualitative data such as students’ reflective journals and in-depth interviews with students, that added credibility to the statistical findings. Therefore, this study suggests that using movies in the classroom attract students’ attention, and provide language learners with live language. Pedagogical implications are also made on the effective teaching of English reading in Korean classroom settings.

The purpose of this study is to investigate error patterns in EFL college students’ English writing as well as their change over time, based on the teacher’s feedback. In order to accomplish this purpose, two research questions were constructed; first, what are the characteristics of Korean EFL students’ writing based on the maturity of English sentence by the T-unit analysis? Second, what types of error patterns are produced in Korean EFL students’ writing? Also, how do the error patterns change based on the teacher’s feedback over time? The participants were four Korean EFL college students, and they were asked to pre-write, draft, revise and edit until they completed their final draft. The results of pre- and post-writing test were also analyzed. The major findings are as follows: 1) The mean number of T-unit among participants was 42.25 units, and the mean number of words per T-unit was 10.95 words. 2) The most frequently committed errors were found out as lexical and morphological errors. Moreover, the rate of lexical and sentence structure errors has been dropped, whereas the rate of punctuation errors has increased as the teacher’s feedback progressed over time. Pedagogical and practical suggestions are also made on the effective teaching of English writing in Korean classroom settings.

본 연구는 신체적, 발달적 변화로 인한 자아정체감의 혼란을 겪고 있는 중년여성에 대한 사진치료의 적용이 심리 치료적 측면에서 어떤 작용을 하는지를 참여여성들의 경험을 중심으로 살펴보고자 하였다. 이에 따라 사진치료 프로 그램 참여 과정에서 일어나는 인식의 변화를 가장 잘 이해할 수 있는 현상학적 연구를 진행하였다. 연구 참여자는 중 년여성으로 총 6 명이며, 자료수집은 2013년 1월부터 2014년 2월까지 진행되었다. 지오르지(Giorgi, 1997)의 현상학적 연구방법 4단계에 따른 자료 분석 결과 총 309개의 의미단위와 6개의 구성요소, 13개의 하위구성요소를 도출하였다. 연구결과 중년기 여성들에게 사진치료 프로그램의 경험은 사진을 매개로 하여 자신의 방어기제를 자연스럽게 해소 하고 사진에 투사된 자신의 무의식을 알아차리며, 자신의 이미지를 직면하는 과정을 통해 중년기의 변화를 포함한 자신의 삶을 수용하여 보다 유연한 태도로 관계와 일상을 영위하게 되었음을 알 수 있었다. 또한 사진은 잠재적인 현 실을 재현하는 유용한 도구로서 욕구를 명료화하여 생활에서의 보다 빠른 선택과 실행으로 이어지도록 도움을 주었 음이 보고되었다. 이와 같이, 사진치료는 사진이라는 매체의 독특한 특성으로 인해 중년기 여성들의 자아정체감의 혼란을 보다 빨리 해소하고 향후 삶을 계획하는 데에 도움을 주는 것으로 나타났다.

도덕교육의 목표는 지적, 정의적, 심동적 도덕성을 함양하여 올바른 인격을 형성하는 것이다. 이를 위해 도덕 과목에서는 동화, 고전, 속담, 우화, 신문기사, 미담, 전기 및 다 양한 문학작품을 아울러 활용하여 왔다. 이렇듯 도덕 교과의 교육과정 상 큰 변화를 주 지 않고도 도덕 교과의 목표 달성에 큰 기여를 할 수 있는 방법 중 하나가 내러티브 접 근이다. 또한 다른 교과와는 달리 지적 성장 뿐만 아니라 정서적, 실천적 도덕성을 성장 시키는 것이 목표인 만큼 도덕 교과에서 내러티브를 활용하는 것은 학생들의 도덕성을 성숙시키는 데 매우 훌륭한 방법으로 쓰여 질만하다. 그러므로 도덕 교과는 교수 내용 및 방법 상 내재되어 있는 ‘내러티브’를 살려 도덕 교과에 대해 내러티브적으로 접근함 으로써 학생들로 하여금 더욱 ‘이해’하기 쉽고, ‘의미 있게’ 전달될 수 있는 방식이 요구 된다. 본 논문에서는 도덕 교육에서의 내러티브 접근의 동향을 파악하고, 도덕 교육에서 의 내러티브적 특징을 알아보고자 한다.