아동문학 텍스트 기반 학년 교차 읽어주기가 초등학생들의 영어 학습에 미치는 영향

The effects of cross-age reading on Korean primary school students based on children's literature for English learning

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of cross-age reading by using literacy texts for children. The following research questions were proposed: 1) How does cross-age reading using children's literature impact primary school learners' literacy learning? 2) How does cross-age reading influence on children's attitude toward English learning? To find the answers to the research questions, 24 second- and 24 fifth-graders participated in this study. Data from various sources such as students' comments, questionnaires, interviews, teacher's field note, test results and students' journals were collected and analyzed in a qualitative manner. The data analysis yielded the following results. The first finding is that the students' literacy had gradually developed through cross-age reading program. The fifth graders engaged in the repeated reading because they had to perform their oral readings for a real audience, and it helped them build reading fluency and also positively affected comprehension. Additionally, through discussion of the text and writing journals after reading, the students showed their English development. The second finding is that the students had a chance to understand others and improved self-directed learning capability. By taking the roles of the teacher, the fifth graders had responsibility and leadership, and the successful experience stimulated their internal motivation that became the basis of self-directed learning. This process provided the fifth graders an opportunity to understand their teacher, friends and second graders to whom they read stories. Based on the results, suggestions for further studies are made.