Hye Won Shin

The influence of individual difference variables on second language (L2) listening comprehension has been an area of research that has been gaining renewed attention in recent years. The current study investigated the effects of two cognitive variables, aptitude and metacognitive awareness, on 107 native-Korean, English as a foreign language learners’ listening comprehension. Moreover, the study examined whether metacognitive awareness mediated the relationship between aptitude and L2 listening

Test-taker characteristics (TTCs), or individual difference variables, are known to be a systematic source of variance in language test performance. Although previous research has documented the impact of a range of TTCs on second language (L2) learners’ test performance, few of these studies have involved young learners. Given that young L2 learners undergo rapid maturational changes in their cognitive abilities, are susceptible to affective factors in unique ways, and have little autonomy with

Abstract The current study is an approximate replication of Gray and DiLoreto’s (2016) study, which proposed a model predicting that course structure, learner interaction and instructor presence would influence students’ perceived learning and satisfaction in online learning, with student engagement acting as a mediator between two of the predictors and the outcome variables. Using mixed methods, the current study investigated whether Gray and DiLoreto’s model would be able to explain the relati

Abstract This study examined the moderating role of two individual difference factors, metacognitive awareness of listening and motivation, in young second language (L2) learners’ incidental vocabulary acquisition from listening to stories. Participants were 66 fifth-grade English as a Foreign Language learners in South Korea who were randomly assigned to one of two groups: listening to stories or control. A vocabulary meaning recognition test was administered as a pretest, posttest, and delayed

The present study investigated newly recruited native-speaking teachers of the English Programin Korea (EPIK) with a focus on their individual characteristics, their perceptions on second language (L2) learning and teaching processes, and their teaching experience as a variable (novice vs. expert) in their understanding of language learning and teaching processes. A questionnaire wasgiven to 244 EPIK teachers. Analysis of the self-reported data revealed that EPIK teachers were mostly in their 20

Abstract The current study investigated the impact of AI‐mediated interaction on L2 learners' oral speaking ability, summarizing ability, and perceptions. Participants were EFL university students from South Korea who were randomly assigned to one of three groups: aiSPEAK, aiSUM, and control. The two experimental groups, aiSPEAK and aiSUM, engaged in interactional exchanges with ChatGPT‐3.5 to complete oral summary tasks, while the control group completed the same tasks without using an AI tool.

사범대학 가정교육과 <패션의 이해> 과목에서 새로운 교수학습방법인 PBL을 시도하고 그 효과를 살펴보았다. 패션과 사회문화부분에서는 ‘패션 에디터’, 패션디자인 부분에서는 ‘패션 스타일리스트’를 체험하는 2개의 PBL 문제를 개발하고 수업을 설계한 후가정교육과 대학생 29명을 대상으로 2번의 PBL 수업을 진행하였다. PBL 수업효과는 학생들의 성찰일지를 키워드 중심의 내용분석과빈도분석으로 살펴보았고, 자기평가와 학습만족도는 평균과 표준편차로 분석하였다. PBL의 학습효과는 협동학습에 대한 이해, 관련지식 습득 및 적용, 실제 경험 및 체험, 자아성찰 및 변화된 자신, 문제해결력 향상으로 나타났다. PBL 수업에 대한 학생들의 자기평가와 학습만족도는 높은 편이었다. 그러나 PBL 학습과정에서 학생들은 팀원 간의 관계를 가장 힘들어했으며 시간이 부족하다고 하였다.

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the development of English article accuracy in second language writing following direct or indirect corrective feedback (CF). Participants were 56 middle-school-aged learners of English nested within four classrooms who were studying for the writing portion of the Secondary School Admission Test. In this longitudinal analysis, each student completed four essays, with a weekly gap between each assignment. On the measures of writing accuracy, adole

This study investigates the different linguistic effects that independent (writing-only) and integrated (reading-to-write) tasks have on adolescent English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners’ writing performance. An automated tool, Coh-Metrix, is employed to examine how productive skills are affected by the two types of tasks. In a 2x2x2 study design, 122 randomly assigned 11th-grade EFL students took both independent and integrated writing assessments. The results reveal that the two types of

This study reports on the psychometric evaluation of a second language vocabulary test. The test measured target words within a given lesson using a sample of 142 adolescent EFL learners. The test was a modified word association test designed to asses students' ability to identify paradigmatic and syntagmatic relations between words. The study was an outgrowth of research examining how different instructional techniques affect deep word knowledge in elementary school-aged EFL learners over time.