7차 교육과정의 초등학교와 중학교 영어교과서의 연계성 고찰

A study on the Continuity Analysis of Elementary School and Middle School English textbooks: Focused on the Functional Syllabus

The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the communicative functions are appropriately presented in each English textbook from Elementary school to middle school, and whether continuity of communicative functions between textbooks is well organized. The 7th English Curriculum aims for the students to improve the ability of communicative competence. To achieve this goal, the functional syllabus was adopted, and communicative functions were divided into seven head categories and their forty-seven detailed items. Also, a spiral of cyclical approach is highly recommended for effective English learning. This paper analyzed what communicative functions were mainly introduced in each English textbook and continuity between English textbooks was well organized according to cyclical approach. The analysis shows that communicative functions were not introduced much properly in each English textbook, and that spiral structure was not yet systematically presented well in each English txtbook. In the EFL context, the significance of English textbooks is obvious. To help students develop communicative competence, communucative function will be introduced in more balanced. and continuity between textbooks will be well organized with spiral structure.