제 7차 교육과정 초등학교 영어교육 목표와 내용 구성의 개선 방향

Suggestions for revising the 7th National Curriculum of primary English. With reference to the organization of the objectives and contents.

This paper is an attempt to suggest some constructive guidelines on revising the 7th national curriculum of primary English. For this, a reflection on primary ELT in Korea was made by 278 primary school teachers across Korea who have been involved in teaching primary English. On the basis of the primary teachers' reflections on the eight years' implementation of primary ELT, some points that need redressing in the current primary ELT are discussed, and accordingly some suggestions or recommendations for the future direction of the primary ELT in Korea are made. It is suggested that 1) the objectives be more specifically targeted, giving more emphasis on language achievement for years 5 & 6, and 2) the contents be reorganized by making the year 3 course a readdress program consisting mainly of basic English words and some key prefabricated expressions, and by giving more emphasis on written English in years 5 & 6.