2008 개정교육과정의 초등학교 3, 4학년 영어 교과서 어휘 분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze elementary school English textbooks for grades 3 and 4, which are being used under Educational Curriculum revised in 2008 to determine whether they provided vocabulary in an appropriate and sequential way. It is especially meant to make a comparative analysis, in terms of following.: ⅰ) the rate of complying with the recommended vocabulary lists; ⅱ) number of vocabularies for each lesson of the selected 3 English textbooks; ⅲ) frequency and distribution of vocabulary, and interval of repeating the same vocabulary in different lessons of the three textbooks. The findings of this study are as follows: First, the mean rate of complying with the new basic vocabulary lists recommended by the Ministry of Education stood at 97.9% in the third grade, and 91.3% in the forth grade, which indicated that the textbooks properly conform to that ministry's recommendation. Second, the distribution of new words per lesson of textbook A was comparatively more regular than textbooks B, C. Third, in terms of the frequency of words in the three textbooks, words appearing more than six times accounted for 86.3% in the 3rd grade, 70.2% in the 4th grade, and 50.6% in the 3rd grade new words that appear in 4th grade textbooks. For successful vocabulary acquisition, low-frequency words should be avoided and high-frequency ones should be covered, instead. Fourth, distribution rated of words over 4 in the three textbooks, accounted for 26.8% in the 3rd grade, 10.2% in the 4th grade, and 33.6% in the 3rd grade new words that appear in 4th grade textbooks. Learners will have difficulties acquiring them as they are offered. To accelerate their vocabulary building, every word should be presented four times or more. Lastly, the interval of repetition for each word below 5 in the three textbooks, accounted for 45.4% in the 3rd grade, 33.4% in the 4th grade, and 36.3% in the 3rd grade new words that appear in 4th grade textbooks. They should be arranged in a manner to ensure efficient repetitive learning.