원어민 영어보조교사 활용에 대한 초등학교 영어전담교사들의 인식에 관한 연구

Abstract

The EPIK(English Program in Korea) was launched in 1995. Since then, many of Native English teachers have been invited to Korea. Despite many positive effects of the native English teacher program, the rapid increase of the demands of native English teachers has caused a lot of problems as well, including that of unqualified teachers. This study aims to investigate the current status regarding the utilization of native English teachers in elementary school focusing on its benefits and problems and explore better ways of utilizing them for elementary English education. The participants of this study were 63 Korean elementary English teachers, the data were collected through questionnaires. Through the analysis of a data of elementary school English teachers followings were revealed: (1) Studying English with native teachers of English had positive effects on students's English abilities in terms of cognitive and affective aspects; (2) in most schools team teaching between native teachers of English and Korean teachers were being performed and both teachers were satisfied with it; (3) however, several issues such as the role relationship between the Korean English teachers and the native English teacher, the quality of pre-training, and reconstruction of teaching materials should be resolved in order to improve English program of utilizing native English teachers in elementary schools; (4) a clear policy regarding hiring standards and a training process system needs to be established to upgrade the quality of native English teachers; (5) a variety of ways of securing qualified English teachers, such as exploiting Korean bilingual teachers who are proficient in English or making use of parents from multi-cultural families, should be considered.