중학교 2학년 영어교과서 및 학습활동책 쓰기활동 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze writing activities in second grade middle school English textbooks and activity books developed under the Revised 7th National Curriculum. The writing activities in 5 randomly selected textbooks and activity books were examined according to the following two criteria: types of writing and achievement standards of the 7th revised National Curriculum. The results of the analyses are as follows: first, the most frequent writing activities found in the textbooks are controlled writing, guided writing and free writing. Most of the textbooks' writing activities are focus on controlled writing, which leads to a relatively lower percentage of guided and free writing. For the workbooks, the frequency order is controlled writing, guided writing, and free writing activities. Higher level workbooks included free writing activities. However, the proportion of free writing was almost zero for the lower level. Further, most of the textbooks and activity books reflect the achievement standards of the Revised National Curriculum for writing. One of the textbooks appears to only concentrate on three or four elements of the achievement standards, which fall under controlled and guided writing. Based on the above findings, this study suggests the following: first, more free writing activities should be included in the textbooks and activity books in order to improve students' writing skills and to provide students with the opportunity to express their thoughts within their ability. In addition, the textbooks and activity books need more writing activities which meet the achievement standards of the Revised National Curriculum. For example, "Rewriting a passage of a story by changing a character or verb tense.“ Furthermore, more interesting activities are required to create students' motivation. Finally, in order to improve the learner's writing ability, the feedback should be given more frequently, and the teacher’s grading criteria should be more effective to assess and evaluate students' writing.