영어 친화적인 교실환경이 초등학교 EFL 학습자들의 정의적 요인 및 어휘력에 미치는 영향

• Published in: 영어교육연구 Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 119 - 141
• Main Author: 김동규(Kim Dongkyoo), 이성연(Lee Sungyeon)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회) 30.06.2008; Pan-Korea English Teachers Association; 팬코리아영어교육학회
• Subjects: 영어와문학; 영어 친화적 환경(English-friendly environment); 어휘(vocabulary); 영어교실(English classroom)
• ISSN: 1226-6566; 2671-9460
• DOI: 10.17936/pkelt.2008.20.2.006

The purpose of this study was to explore the effects of an English-friendly classroom environment on elementary school students’ affective factors and their vocabulary ability. A total of one hundred seventy-five students participated in this study, and out of them, sixty students were divided into two groups, an experimental group and a control group. The instrumentations used in this study were a questionnaire for examining the subjects’ affective factors and a vocabulary test. The results of this study were as follows. First, providing an English-friendly classroom environment had positive effects on the elementary school students’ affective factors. Second, providing an English-friendly classroom environment caused a significant enhancement of the elementary school students’ vocabulary ability. Third, low-level students in the experimental group showed more enhancement in their vocabulary ability than high-level students in the same group. However, there was no significant enhancement in the control group. There is, therefore, a significant need for providing our elementary school students with an English-friendly classroom environment. KCI Citation Count: 7