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Utilizing Literary Texts in the College EFL Classrooms: Focused on Linguistic Aspects and Affective Ones

문학텍스트를 활용한 대학 교양영어 수업: 의사소통의 언어적 측면과 정서적 측면을 중심으로

  • 김령희 (계명대학교 타불라라사 칼리지)
  • Received : 2018.05.12
  • Accepted : 2018.06.20
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effects of literary texts as a teaching tool to enhance college students' English communicative competence both in linguistic aspects and affective ones. The control group used only the course book as study material, whereas the target group read four short stories along with it and engaged in a series of follow-up tasks. To measure their English competence, the researcher had both groups take a pre-test and a post-test, compared the results, and analyzed the data using SPSS. The study indicates that though the target students' post-test scores increased, the result failed in reaching a significant level. Nevertheless, reading and discussing literature facilitated the target students' affective aspects of communication. This article points out some other limitations of utilizing literary texts in language teaching and suggests the need for further research to deal with the issues.

본 논문은 대학교의 교양 영어 수업에 문학 텍스트를 활용하는 것이 학생들의 언어적, 정서적 의사소통 능력의 향상에 미치는 효과를 검토하는데 그 목적을 두고 있다. 통제 그룹은 지정된 교재만을 사용하였고, 목표 그룹은 교재와 더불어 네 편의 단편 소설을 읽고 일련의 추가 활동을 수행하였다. 그들의 영어 의사소통 능력 향상을 측정하기 위해, 연구자는 학생들로 하여금 사전 시험과 사후 시험을 치르게 하였고, SPSS 통계 프로그램을 이용하여 자료를 분석하였다. 비록 사후 시험에서 목표 그룹의 성적 평균이 향상되긴 하였지만 그 차이가 유의미한 수준에 이르지 못하였기에, 이들의 영어능력 향상이 본 연구에서 제시한 전략에 의한 것임을 확인할 수는 없었지만, 이 전략을 통해 목표 그룹의 정서적인 의사소통 양상이 촉진되었음은 추정할 수 있었다.

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