In order to humanize and contextualize ESL/EFL learning, poetry writing has been suggested and considered as an effective strategy for meaningful literacy. However, there is a lack of empirical evidence for the pedagogical significance of poetry writing on language learning. To make up for the dearth of research about poetry writing, the present study explored to what extent a primary English language learner can express herself through poetry writing in an American classroom and the significance of poetry writing as meaningful literacy in ESL/EFL learning. Adopting a qualitative research approach, this small-scale case study conducted textual analyses of a young English language learner’s poetry works and in-depth interviews with her. Findings suggest that poetry writing encouraged the participant learner to express herself with her own voice, enhanced her L2 linguistic awareness, provided meaningful learning opportunities―authorship and readership―, and motivated the learner to overcome challenges as an English language learner. The present study contributes to the understanding of young English language learners’ poetry writing in the field.

Many empirical findings of previous studies have suggested a connection between motivational factors and L2 writing. Nonetheless, the impact of motivational factors on the genre-based L2 writing has not gained much attention. The present study explored the extent to which the characteristics of two writing tasks involving different genres interact with a learner’s motivational disposition (regulatory focus) and, further, affect language production of writing. 106 essays collected from 53 university EFL learners were assessed in terms of linguistic complexity and accuracy. 2X2 ANOVA results revealed significant main effects of genre on lexical complexity (lexical variation and MSTTR). More importantly, there were significant interaction effects between genre and regulatory focus on both measures of the syntactic complexity (mean length of T-unit and clause per T-unit) and lexical complexity (lexical density). The findings highlighted the significance of learners’ motivational dispositions in genre writing. Drawing on the findings, some pedagogical suggestions to ensure the effectiveness of writing tasks on L2 development were proposed.

Korean-Chinese Learner’s Dictionary, which was compiled by the National Institute of Korean Language, is a web dictionary translating Korean Basic Dictionary into Chinese. As more and more Chinese wanted to learn Korean, the National Institute of Korean Language planned for the translation. A research team in Korea University carried out the project for 3 years from 2016 to 2018. The main focus of the project was to present Chinese counterparts with Korean headwords by translating them into Chinese.　 This paper aims to provide an overview of the compiling project, Korean-Chinese Learning Dictionary, the principles applied to the actual translation process, and to examine the current status of the Sino-Korean headwords and the detailed translation method. In Chapter 2, the review of the purpose, steps, and progress of Korean-Chinese Learner’s Dictionary is provided. Chapter 3 presents the statistical results of the Sino-Korean headwords in Korean-Chinese Learner’s Dictionary. In addition, the detailed principles applied to the process of Chinese translation are reviewed along with the main cases by the headword type. Moreover, the characteristics of the cultural vocabulary and the band system according to them are discussed.

The purpose of this study was to investigate changes of language anxiety in EFL classroom and relation between the change in anxiety and learners’ performance. The participants were 76 first-year non-English majors from various disciplines of a Korean university. Demographic information questionnaire, English performance test, and Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale were administered to the participants at two time points during a 12-week interval. Mean differences of quantitative data from Time 1 and Time 2, effects of gender and self-perceived proficiency level on anxiety, and the relationship between anxiety and performance were statistically analyzed. The results revealed significant decrease in English anxiety over time, significant effect of self-perceived proficiency level on anxiety, and negative correlation between variation of anxiety level and successful performance. This study suggests that reducing learners’ anxiety level might help their language improvement, and self-perceived language proficiency might be correlated to changes in language anxiety in EFL classroom. Possible implications for English instructors and limitations for future research were presented.

본 연구는 중학교 국어 교과의 읽기 영역에서 문학 장르와 비문학 장르에 각기 적합한 국어 교과 내 언 어 영역 통합 교수 학습 모형을 구안 적용함으로써 학습자의 자기 주도적 학습 능력을 신장시키는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 문학 장르에서는 읽기 영역에서 문제 중심, 팀 중심의 ‘창틀 채우기’ 교수‧학습 모형을 적용하고 이를 확장하여 ‘독서 토론하기’와 ‘논증 글쓰기’까지 통합하여 수업에 적용하였다. 비문학 장르에 서는 읽기 영역에서 ‘의미지도 만들기’ 교수 학습 모형을 바탕으로 ‘문단형식 글쓰기’를 통합하여 수업에 적용하였다. 그리고 이러한 교수 학습 모형에서 적합한 포트폴리오 방식의 수행평가를 적용하였다. 그 결 과, 학습자의 학습흥미를 높이고 학습자가 교수 학습 과정에 적극적으로 참여하도록 유도할 수 있었고, 효 과적으로 자기 주도적 학습 능력을 신장시킬 수 있었다.

The purpose of this paper is to examine the current state of research on learner factors in second language acquisition by reviewing relevant studies published in English Teaching over the past 50 years. A total of 182 articles on various learner factors were extracted from the journal. Further detailed analyses were conducted on 110 articles on strategy, motivation, and personality traits in terms ofpublication year, research topics, participants, methods, and researchers' concentration. The results reveal that research on learner factors has significantly expanded over time in terms of volume and diversity, reflecting increasing research interests in the field. As for research methodology, a quantitative approach was far more frequent but qualitative and mixedmethod approaches have gained visibility since 2000. Yet, most of the studies focused on tertiary level learners, while overall neglecting primary and secondary level learners. Furthermore, individual researchers' interests in the factors looked rather sporadic as revealed in the lack of research concentration. Based on the findings, suggestions for future research on learner factors are made.

Based on the data from a two-year-long virtual ethnographic study, this article examines literate and social practices of a female adolescent English language learner (ELL) who is participating in a Korean popular culture (K-Pop) online fan site called Soompi.com. Drawing upon the concepts of ‘affinity space’ (Gee, 2004) and ‘participatory culture’ (Jenkins, Clinton, Purushotma, Robison, & Weigel, 2006), this article describes (1) how she participates and engages in multiple literacy practices in the site; (2) what resources she draws on for literacy development and content creations; and (3) what kinds of social relationships and identities she constructs in the site. Analysis reveals that she is able to access to distributed knowledge through peer-to-peer learning and teaching, and collaborative support, which help her develop not only language and composition related metacognitive skills, but also, positive social identities as a valued member of the site. Based on the aspects of the youth’s digital literacy practices, this study suggests some ways that language and literacy teachers can use to better meet ELLs' needs and to make their classrooms motivating and interactive learning communities.

학습자 인식 조사에서 절반 이상의 중국인 한국어 학습자들이 학문 목적 발표로 인해 부담감을 느끼고 있다고 하였다. 이에 대한 원인은 한국어 교육을 받은 과정에서 학문 목적 발표 경험 부족과 학문 목적 발표에 대한 교육 부족으로 조사되었다. 따라서 중국인 한국어 학습자의 학문 목적 발표 능력을 향상시키기 위해 문제점을 일으키는 원인을 찾아 보고 그 해결책을 마련하고자 학문 목적 발표 능력 향상 방안에 관한 몇 가지 제언을 하고자 한다. 이를 위해 우선적으로 중국인 한국어 학습자들이 한국어 교육과정에서 학문 목적 발표 교육을 받고 싶은 요구를 확인하고 학문 목적 발표 교육을 실시하는 시기, 학문 목적 발표 교육에서 다루어야 할 교육 내용 및 교수 방법에 대하여 학습자의 다양한 의견을 수집 하였다. 이러한 학습자의 요구와 의견을 바탕으로 학문 목적 발표 능력 향상을 위해 학문 목적 발표 교육을 실시하는 시기, 교육내용, 교수원리에 대하여 몇 가지 제언을 해 보았다.