초등학생의 영어 그림자인형극놀이 학습 활동 사례 연구 및 교실 수업 활용 방안

Shadow puppetry as a classroom activity for EFL young learners: A case study for Korean primary school students.

This paper explores the feasibility of using shadow puppetry as a classroom activity for Korean EFL primary school students. Despite the benefits of shadow puppetry for EFL young learners, it has not been widely used as a language learning activity in Korea. Moreover, there have few studies carried out with the primary school students. Based on these needs, the study focused on the possibility of using shadow puppetry in the classrooms. In order to investigate it, the study analyzed a shadow puppetry class with 13 primary students as an instrumental case study. This qualitative study involves 8 hours of video observation by three observers, teacher’s reflective journals and his interview transcripts, and student journals. Results showed that the lesson procedures and techniques were appropriately used for the young learners in low levels of English proficiency to successfully undertake the activity, and helped them to improve both their language and affective skills. The data also reveled that the lessons, with some revisions, are possibly applicable to the primary school setting.