The present study compared the effects of isolated and integrated form-focused instruction (FFI) on the learning of vocabulary in reading passages. Their effects were also compared to those of incidental exposure on vocabulary learning. It further investigated whether such effects would differ depending on the types of vocabulary assessments. To this end, 80 college students in reading-oriented classes received either isolated or integrated FFI treatments over four 50-minute sessions. They also took the pretest and posttest designed to measure their vocabulary learning. The vocabulary tests consisted of two assessment types: one without contexts and the other provided with contexts. The results showed that the learners remembered the words instructed through isolated or integrated FFI better than those through incidental exposure while reading. However, no significant differences were observed between the two different types of FFI in learning target vocabulary. Some advantages were found for isolated FFI on the vocabulary test provided without contexts and for integrated FFI on the vocabulary test provided with context. Directions for further studies and pedagogical implications will be discussed.

The primary purpose of this study was to examine prominent features of frequency in the new vocabulary of the middle school English textbooks based on the 2007 revised national curriculum and thereby to provide meaningful data to be compared with those on the 2009 revised national curriculum. This study used an online software (Vocabprofile) to divide words into four categories by frequency: K1 (1-1,000), K2 (1,001-2,000), AWL (Academic Words List), and Off-List Words (the remainder). Salient features discovered from the frequency-based categorization of words in textbooks by grades or publishers were further examined for pedagogical implications regarding textbook writing and curriculum revisions in the future. The analysis has revealed the following results. K1 words accounted for the most among the words presented in English textbooks, reflecting the significance of the high-frequency words in L2 learning. The number of other words showed a steady increase as the grade gets higher. Finally, most textbooks presented multi-words as new vocabulary, which indicates the importance of idioms or collocations. The vocabulary analysis by frequency could be of use to textbook evaluation, considering the growing importance of frequency-based vocabulary teaching.

본 연구는 아산시 다문화지원센터에서 입문기 한국어 과정을 수강하는 중국인 이주여성 학습자들을 대상으로 구글 이미지 검색방법 활용 기반 PWIM 어휘 교수-학습 사례 연구를 실시하고 이를 통해 이에 관한 교수-학습의 효용성을 논의한 시론적 연구이다. 본 연구는 첫째, 입문기 한국어 과정을 수강하는 중국인 이주여성 학습자 5명을 대상으로 총 4일간의 연구 수업을 실시하고 설문조사를 통해 이에 대한 반응과 활용도 등을 조사하였다. 둘째, 학습자들의 설문조사 결과를 바탕으로 어휘 교수-학습의 도구로서 시각적 이미지 검색 방 법의 활용 방법과 교수-학습의 효용성을 논의하였다. 그 연구 결과 본 연구에서 적용한 구 글 이미지 검색방법 활용 기반 PWIM 어휘 교수-학습 방법은 결혼 이주여성들의 자기주도 적 어휘 학습의 도구로 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것이라는 결론을 제시하였다. 본 연구는 단 5명의 입문기 학습자들을 대상으로 한 단 4일 간의 제한적인 연구 대상으로 실시한 연 구 수업의 결과라는 점에서 연구의 결과를 일반화하기에는 한계가 있지만 이들을 대상으로 한 어휘 교수-학습 방법이 필요한 교육 환경에서 유용하게 활용될 것으로 기대한다.