교육대학교 영어전용 수업의 필요성과 개선방안

Student needs analysis on the English medium instruction of a national university of education and suggestions for its improvement

  This study argues that universities of education need to consider students" needs and necessities in designing their curriculum and syllabus for the development of their English language proficiency. It also emphasizes the importance of the immersion program in university classes in order to help the prospective teachers improve their practical abilities to teach English through English(TETE) as well as learn language teaching theories. In order to achieve the goals, the present study conducted a survey to students at a national university of education after one semester of the English medium instruction. It investigated students" level of satisfaction with the course as well as the benefits and limitations of the English medium instruction. The results showed that the students were satisfied with the English medium instruction and that they had strong needs for more English medium instruction courses taught by bilingual Korean teachers. More detailed findings of the study were reported and analyzed, and more effective ways of adopting English medium instruction were discussed.