Learners' Behaviors in the Multicultural English Program: Focused on Elementary School Students

• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: Hyun-Ju Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.20 No.1, 1~25쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.02.28

영문 초록

This study investigates how multicultural students from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds participate in the multicultural English program. The investigation was conducted in two Korean public elementary schools. Nineteen multicultural students participated in a culture- related English program once a week over twelve weeks. Data were mainly collected by questionnaires, observation, and interviews with students and teachers. By means of quantitative and qualitative research methods, this paper (a) analysed the problems that the multicultural students have with their intercultural communicative competence, (b) examined the reasons for the students' failures in intercultural communication and (c) explored how intercultural knowledge should be taught in the English classroom The results of this study indicate that the students from multicultural families were positively affected by the enhanced learning environment. The conclusion section details guidelines for professionals and researchers to develop more balanced multicultural English programs.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Literature Review

Ⅲ. Methodology

Ⅳ. Results

Ⅴ. Conclusion

References

Appendix

키워드

다문화 학생 상호문화적 활동 문화 간 의사소통능력 multicultural students intercultural activity intercultural communicative competence