2009 개정 교 육과정에 따른 초등학교 6학년과 중학교 1학년 영어 교과서 대화문의 의사소통 기능 분석

Abstract

In EFL environments like Korea, English textbooks are one of the most important materials through which students can acquire an essential knowledge of the English language and its communicative functions. In particular, the arrangement and content of textbooks at each level have significant effect on teachers' teaching skills and learners‘ learning processes. In Korea, the majority of the 1st grade middle students tend to have some problems and become easily frustrated because of the difficulty and unfamiliarity of middle school compared to elementary school. Consequently, the aim of this study is to analyze the communicative functions between 6th grade elementary school and 1st grade middle school textbooks based on the revised 2009 curriculum, particularly listening and speaking functions. To this end, elementary school and middle school textbooks were selected randomly. The results of the analysis are the following. First, the functions of ‘giving and requesting information,’ ‘doing social activities,’ and ‘persuading and advising’ appeared most frequently in both 6th grade elementary school and 1st grade middle school textbooks. The functions of ‘indicating factual attitude’ and ‘indicating ethical attitude’, on the other hand, appeared less frequently. Thus, it is found that most of the communicative functions appearing in 6th grade elementary school textbooks also appear in 1st grade middle school textbooks. However, some communicative functions appear less frequently. Therefore, the communicative functions of each chapter should be presented evenly following the standard of the 2009 revised English curriculum . In order to help students develop communicative competence, communicative functions should be introduced in more balanced, and continuity between 6th grade elementary school and 1st grade middle school textbooks should be better-organized.