This study explores the ways in which sociocultural perspectives on English language education can contribute to teacher education the era of artificial intelligence (AI). Three key words that represent the relationship between sociocultural perspectives and English teacher education—context, interaction, and social practice—can each be linked to the key concepts of criticality, multimodality, and action research. Teachers of English need to be ready for the forthcoming changes in the AI era, for which they must be equipped with a critical ability to focus on issues and needs in the Korean context. This ability can be applied in teaching students various types of interactions, especially those involving the use of computers, and will create opportunities for teachers to conduct research of their own and cultivate a professional teacher identity. This study concludes by recommending substantial changes in the current pre-service and in-service English teacher education programs in accordance with these key concepts.

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.

This paper is concerned with the ongoing influence of in-service teacher education upon teachers’ instructional behavior and attitudes. Thus the purpose of this study is to trace attitudinal and instructional changes after in-service teacher training and thereby identify either favorable or unfavorable factors affecting such changes in classroom settings. First, a survey was conducted to see which teacher training programs teachers preferred, uncover any changes in instructional behavior and attitudes as well as factors related to said changes, and gather suggestions for prospective teacher training programs. For additional data, four teachers’ reflective journals and interviews were analyzed. The results of the study were as follows: 1) teachers believed that a teacher’s techniques rather than their English proficiency have the most direct influence upon effective English instruction; 2) changes in both behavior and attitudes are observed for only a short period right after in-service teacher education; and 3) a major factor impeding change is the discrepancy between the English language curriculum and actual classroom instruction, which is largely due to the washback effect of the requirements of the Scholastic Aptitude Test required for college admission.

실질적인 교육 개혁을 이끌어 내는데 교사가 주된 주체 역할을 한다는 것을 널리 알려진 사실이며,교실 단위에서의 개혁에서 교사의 실천은 필수적이다.그러나 교실 단위의 교사 실천 변화를 이끌어내는 방법에 대해 합의된 연구 결과가 존재한다고 보기는 힘들다.이는 우리나라의 역사 교육에서도 마찬가지다.역사 교육에서 교실 단위 수업 실천의 변화는 국가 수준의 교육과정이나 교과서 개혁만으로 일어나지는 않는다.그렇기에 역사 교사의 수업 실천에 대한 연구가 지속되어 온 바 있으며,교사 연수에 대한 관심도 커가고 있는 상황이다.그러나 교사의 수업 실천 변화를 가지고 오는 교사 연수에 관한 연구는 아직 초보적인 상태이다.수학 교육이나 과학 교육에 비추어 볼 때,역사 교사의 연수에 관한 연구는 더욱 초보적이라 할 수 있다.본 연구는 2001년부터 진행된 미국 교육부의 역사 교사 연수 사업 하의 한 과제를 살핌으로써 역사 교사 연수의 새로운 흐름을 분석하고,4년간 진행된 과제에서의 교사 변화를 분석하였다.본 연구에서 분석한 과제는 세계화 흐름 속에서 일본의 연구 수업을 차용하여 미국 교사 교육의 한계를 넘어서고자 노력하였으며,장기적이고 탐구적인,그리고 사료 탐구에 기초한 교사 연수 프로그램을 개발하였다.과제에 참여했던 교사들은 순수한 역사 지식 측면에서는 통계학적으로 유의미한 차이를 보이지 않았으나,이 역사 지식을 활용하여 만든 교수학습과정안에서는 연수 전과 후에서 통계학적으로 유의미한 차이를 나타내었다.교사들의 교수학습과정안은 연수 전 사실 중심으로부터 주제 중심으로 변화하였으며,사료의 활용 측면에서는 사실 확인으로부터 사료 대조 확인 및 맥락을 고려한 분석으로 변화하였다.연구의 결론 부분에서는 새로운 교사 연수 프로그램 설계와 이러한 분석 결과,그리고 교사 변화를 분석하는 도구가 우리의 역사 교육에 가지는 시사점을 논하였다.