초등학교 조기 영어교육 확대 방안에 관한 연구

A Study on Earlier Implementation of English Education in Korean Elementary School

  The purpose of this study was to investigate current situations of early English education in Korea and to suggest ways of implementing English education in the elementary school curriculum of the first and second grade. For this, seven groups" perceptions and opinions on earlier implementation of English education in the elementary school were surveyed through a questionnaire and interview. Seven groups included English education expertises, elementary school teachers, parents of first and second graders, first and second graders, kindergarten teachers, kindergarten pupil"s parents, and laymen. From the analysis of the data it is revealed that most of kindergartens were offering English education and over two thirds of the first and second graders had English learning experience before entering elementary schools. The analysis also shows that more than half of the respondents agreed on the introduction of English education into the first and second grade"s curriculum of the elementary school. In particular, the rate of the agreement by the kindergarten pupils" parents were the highest(70.40%), followed by the elementary school parents (64.10%). Based on the results of the study, suggestions for the ways of implementing English education in the first and second grader"s curriculum were made.