Korea-Japan English Camp: A Case Study of English Immersion Program in Korea

• 영문명: Korea-Japan English Camp: A Case Study of English Immersion Program in Korea
• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: Joo-Kyung Park
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제12권 제4호, 91~115쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2006.12.01

영문 초록

  English immersion has emerged in Korea only recently as an innovative approach to learning and teaching English. Lack of real life experience of using English has been one of the biggest obstacles for Korean learners of English and has resulted in an increasing number of children being sent to English-speaking countries and a huge amount of dollar outflow. This recent innovation is expected to be the magic wand to resolve all these problems. However, setting up an immersion program in a typical EFL context like Korea has brought in another set of issues and challenges. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of a short-term immersion English program in Korea and provide some empirical data to develop programs that can better cater to the needs of EFL learners. A two-week English immersion program was developed and implemented with 57 Korean and Japanese students whose grade level ranged from 4 to 12. The study results show that the program was successful in terms of changing the participants" attitude toward learning English, improving their English skills, enhancing intercultural understanding and competence, and motivating them for further studies of English and other foreign languages and cultures.

목차

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION
Ⅱ. ENGLISH IMMERSION PROGRAM
Ⅲ. KOREA-JAPAN ENGLISH CAMP: A CASE STUDY OF SHORT-TERM ENGLISH IMMERSION PROGRAM IN KOREA
Ⅳ. CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS
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키워드

English camp English immersion program 영어캠프 영어몰입프로그램