다독프로그램을 적용한 초등학교 영어 클럽활동반 운영 방안

A study of running English extra-curricular classes in an elementary school using extensive reading program

  This study is about an extensive reading program applied to extra-curricular English class in an elementary school. The program was designed to promote students" intrinsic motivation in reading, build up desirable reading habits, and improve general reading ability. 20 English club students ranging from the fourth to the sixth grade participated in the study. The extensive reading program was carried out in self-study morning class and in English extra-curricular class for 12 weeks. Students read books silently three times a week(Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) in self-study morning class and did various activities to help reading once a week(Wednesday) in extra-curricular English class. After reading, the students wrote brief book reports about time it took to read, their degree of comprehension and what impressed them the most. They took a vocabulary test in pre and post experiment. Also, progress of the student"s affective domain was checked through pre and post via questionnaires. The results showed that the extensive reading program was effective in improving reading abilities in the areas of reading speed and vocabulary. There also were significant differences in the affective domain, especially in the areas of students" interest in English and their will to study English.