EBS English 방과후 영어 교실의 운영사례 분석

A study on the use of the EBS English After-school Program

This study aims to examine how the EBS English After-school program has been adapted to after-school classrooms of Korean public schools. With the rationale of reducing private education costs of Korean households, the government suggested that public schools provide after-school programs for students. However, school teachers teaching after-school classes have been reported to have difficulties with the extra work to develop curriculum and materials for their after-school classes. To reduce those difficulties, the EBS (Educational Broadcast Station) has recently developed an on-line based program which is connected to the national curriculum of regular classes. For this study, class observations of six schools and semi-structured interviews with teachers as part of quantitative research methods were utilized. The first finding is related to the actual use of the EBSe After-school program in elementary and middle schools. Elementary schools use the program more actively than the middle school level. Second, depending on teachers’ perception of the EBSe After-school program, the ways of applying the program to their after-school classes vary between elementary and middle schools. In addition, the ways of perceiving the purpose of the after-school program is different among elementary and middle school teachers. Finally, the present study has made practical suggestions about how to use the program in an effective way.