2008년 개정 교육과정에 따른 초등영어 3, 4학년 교재의 챈트 분석 연구

A study on the analysis of the chants in the 3rd and 4th grade elementary school English textbooks under the 2008 Revised National Curriculum

The aims of elementary school English education are to provide children with the chance to learn the basic English used in daily life and to motivate them to practice English. Using chants is one of the very effective ways of teaching children the sounds and rhythm as well as daily routine expressions of English. In 2011, newly published elementary school English textbooks under the 2008 Revised National Curriculum were applied to the 3rd and 4th graders. The purpose of this study is as follows; (1) to analyze the chants in the eleven kinds of elementary school English textbooks, including teachers’ guides and e-books, and (2) to report the results of an evaluative survey conducted among 3rd and 4th grade English teachers concerning the chants in the textbooks currently being used in their schools. The results of the analysis revealed that the chants in the textbooks were generally suitable for children, but several problems were also detected in some textbooks. The reliability of this analysis was tested with the survey, the results of which suggested that teachers’ guides, in particular, needed to provide more detailed instructions for teaching chants. This study has implications for developing chants for children of higher quality.