The Significance of Teachers' Perceptions of Reforms in English Language Education

• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: Cheongmin Yook
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제20권 제1호, 201~218쪽, 전체 17쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.03.31

영문 초록

This study investigates Korean English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers' perceptions of the Ministry of Education-initiated reforms in English language education. For that purpose, the study recruited 171 in-seivice teachers and suiveyed them with a questionnaire consisting of three sections. The results of the suivey indicate: a) the teacher participants were well aware of the Ministry of Education's (MOE's) reform efforts, b) they positively perceived the Communicative Language Teaching(CLT)-oriented direction of the MOE's reforms, c) but their perceptions of specific reform policies and measures were mixed, and d) their negative perceptions of some of the specific policies and measures seemed to have been caused by realities of Korean EFL education. The study interprets the participants' positive perceptions of the MOE's CLT-oriented reforms as showing a significant change in Korean EFL teachers' attitudes toward the MOE's reform initiatives and/or their beliefs about EFL education. The study ends with a discussion of implications the findings have.

목차

Abstract

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅱ. LITERATURE REVIEW

Ⅲ. RESEARCH METHODS

Ⅳ. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Ⅴ. CONCLUSION

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키워드

teachers' perceptions reforms in English language education EFL context constraints