본 연구는 조기영어교육기관에서 근무하고 있는 원어민 강사를 대상으로 조기영어교육기관의 특성과 근무환경, 직무 만족 및 직무몰입에 대한 인식과 차이를 조사하고, 원어민 강사의 직무만족 및 직무몰입에 영향을 미치는 요인을 알아보는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 통해 원어민 강사의 업무성과를 개선할 수 있는 방향을 모색하고, 원어민 강사가 제공하는 교육서비스의 수준을 향상시킴으로써 조기영어교육의 효과성과 효율성을 높이는 방안을 모색하였다. 연구목적을 달성하기 위해 조기영어교육기관에서 근무하는 원어민 강사 262명을 대상으로 설문조사하고 15명에게 인터뷰를 실시하여 자료를 수집하였다. 본 연구의 주요 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 조기영어교육기관 특성에 대한 원어민 강사의 인식은 아동의 애착과 존경이 가장 높고 협력수업에 대한 인식이 뒤를 이은 반면, 의사결정형태 및 직무연수가 상대적으로 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 원어민 강사의 직무만족과 직무몰입은 보통 수준으로 나타났다. 둘째, 원어민 강사의 근무환경과 개인배경에 따른 직무만족 및 직무몰입은 조기영어교육기관의 근로자 수와 원어민 강사의 한국어 수준에서 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 원어민 강사의 직무만족에는 조직공정성, 상사의 직무역량, 상사의 의사결정형태, 동료지원, 아동의 애착과 존경이 영향을 미치고, 직무몰입에는 상사의 의사결정형태, 아동의 애착과 존경, 직무만족이 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 원어민 강사의 직무만족 및 직무몰입 수준을 높이고, 이를 통해 조기영어교육기관의 교육서비스 수준을 제고시키기 위해서는 조기영어교육기관, 기관 내 상사 및 협력강사, 원어민 강사의 노력이 요구된다.

This study investigated spelling errors in English stories written by 206 students in an elementary school implementing Korean/English immersion education. Errors were analyzed using crosstab and MANCOVA. Findings are as follows. Spelling errors occurred in 4 categories in order from the most frequent to the least: substitution, omission, addition, and transposition. The error occurrences differed depending on grade level changes: lower grades (Grades 1-3) vs. higher grades (Grades 4-6). The students in both grade levels made more errors in substitution and omission: these error types were significantly decreased as they progressed to the higher grade levels. Errors in addition and transposition showed much fewer occurrences for both grade levels, and these errors did not show a significant decrease because of their rarer occurrences. Overall, the students’ spelling ability increased remarkably as they progressed in grade levels in the immersion environment.

This study investigates the problems and possibilities of introducing immersion in public elementary schools in Korea through the opinions of the elementary teachers, students, and parents. The participants of this study were 1,082 elementary school students, 484 elementary school teachers, and 731 parents. The data were collected through questionnaires. Through the analysis of data the followings were revealed. First, there were some misunderstandings and misconceptions about the definition and the meaning of immersion education, which seem to be strongly related to the negative attitudes toward the introduction of English immersion programs in Korea. Second, respondents, however, tended to be positive with the immersion program with about 10% higher agreement with its introduction than disagreement. Third, if they have opportunities to participate in an immersion program, the respondents tended to be a bit hesitative or reserved but mostly agreed to be involved with it as immersion teachers, students, and parents allowing their children, respectively with one to three years of preparation for it in terms of the English competence. Fourth, as for immersion teachers, they preferred co-teaching between Korean and English native teachers to individual teaching, and they also liked Korean immersion teachers more as immersion specialized teachers than as class teachers. Based on these findings several suggestions were made to implement English immersion programs in public elementary schools in Korea, particularly for teachers, schools, local governmental education offices interested in immersion education.

본 연구의 목적은 정보통신윤리의 영어 몰입수업에 대한 효과， 학습자의 반응 분석， 영어 몰입수엽의 문제점을 찾아 그 대응책을 모색하는 것이다. 연구는질적인 연구의 한 방법인 사례연구법에 의해 실시되었다. 데이터 수집은 연구자의 자기 평가와 학생들의 수엽 만족도 조사표의 응답 결과 그리고 태국 AIV 활동에서 함께 활동하였던 2 명의 교사들 평가를 반영하였다. 수업만족도 조사표로IACE 에서 개발하였으며， 선다형 10문항， 개방형 1 문항으로 작성되었다초등학교 5-6 학년 학생 20 명을 대상으로 시범수업으로 정보통신윤리의 영어몰입수엽 후 학생들의 수엽만족도 조사표에서 영어 몰입수엽은 효과가 있으며 학생들의 반응도 매우 긍정적이었다. 드러난 문제점으로 교사의 학생들 수준에 맞는 의사소통 능력의 부족， 고차원적인 사고 유도의 부족， 수업 중 학생들이 협력할 기회의 제공이 부족， 학생들의 의견 청취와 학생 중심의 수업 부족 등이었다.연구의 결론은 첫째， 정보통신윤리의 영어 몰입수업은 효과가 있었다. 둘째， 학생들의 반응은 매우 긍정적으로 나타났다. 셋째 정보통신윤리의 영어몰입수업에서교사의 철저한 수업계획과 자기 점검이 필요하다는 것이다.

This study explores an exemplary case of an English immersion program originally initiated by some primary school teachers. It investigates how an immersion education was initiated by the members of an English teachers" study group and later supported by a provincial office of education. The contents of the program and the three examples of immersion classes are briefly illustrated and commented. The innovative endeavors for the successful execution of the immersion classes include the use of the daily morning English practice and various ways of exposing students to English. It was found from the interview conducted with 5 immersion teachers that the strong motivation of the immersion teachers was the first empowering factor for this program and the appropriate financial and administrative help from the provincial office of education was another crucial one. Several practical problems from implementing the immersion program are also reported. From these results and findings some suggestions are made for better ways for implementing immersion programs in elementary schools.

Recently the Korean government has promoted, as part of a national plan for facilitating English education, the introduction of English immersion programs into public secondary schools in Korea. English immersion programs have been installed in many elementary schools in Canada and the U.S. as a practice of bilingual education, especially to help students in the linguistic minority. The government has also emphasized that the program will be further utilized for teaching general subjects in addition to English, and that it will be installed in the elementary schools as soon as possible. This paper critically reviews the suitability and validity of the English immersion program for Korean public schools from the socio-cultural, politico-economical, and language educational perspectives. Before doing that, this paper discusses: i) the origin and the objects of the immersion program, ii) the English immersion program implemented in the U.S., and iii) the difference between the features of English Immersion programs in the U.S. and those that have been introduced to Korea. Based on these discussions, this paper argues that the English immersion program is not an optimal, nor a suitable program for English education in Korean public schools. This paper suggests some ideasfor planning foreign language education policy in the future.