The purpose of this study is to compare questions types of Korean EFL textbooks of the seventh national curriculum (current textbooks) with those of the sixth national curriculum (previous textbooks). This study found that there were significant differences in question types of receptive skills, listening (monologues, dialogues), and reading (narrative, pragmatic) between current and previous textbooks in terms of the level of comprehension. There was no significant difference in question types of expository reading passages between current and previous textbooks. Although higher-order questions are also important to make language class more interactive and communicative, this study as well as previous ones shows that questions of literal comprehension were heavily used in current textbooks, especially in listening. Although current textbooks presented more questions of inference and personal response than previous textbooks, those questions were minimally used. Both reorganizatinal and evaluative questions were rarely used in current and previous textbooks. In short, because current textbooks still rely on lower-order memory questions, they do not require substantive thought from students. Thus, this study suggest that EFL textbooks use less literal comprehension questions and more communicative questions such as reorganization, inference, evaluative and personal response.
목차
Ⅰ. Introduction Ⅱ. Literature Review Ⅲ. Methods Ⅳ. Findings and Discussion Ⅴ. Summary, Conclusion and Limitations References Appendix - Current and Previous Textbooks Analyzed in the Study
한국외국어교육학회 [The Korea Association of Foreign Languages Education]
설립연도
1995
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
본 학회는 외국어 교육 분야 상호간의 연구 성과 교류를 통하여, 외국어 교육의 이론과 실제를 발전시키고, 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함으로써 외국어 교육 분야간의 학문적 교류를 활성화하는 것을 그 설립 목적으로 한다. 그리고 더 나아가서는 국제 협력 차원에서 다양한 언어 및 문화의 이해를 증진시키는 동시에 언어 정책과 관련하여 국제 관계 개선을 위한 가교 역할을 담당하고자 한다.