어휘주석(glossing)활용 영어 학습에 대한 성인 만족도 연구

A study of the degree of satisfaction of adult EFL learners with the use of glossing

This paper represents that glossing is an effective tool to help adult EFL learners’ self-study of English. The current literature rarely mentions the characteristics of adult learners. Seven adult EFL learners participated in this research. Among them, five subjects had a full-time job while attending school, one subject only had a job and one subject only attended school. The teaching material was the movie Carnage text. A glossary consisted of information about seven different types of expressions in texts: word-meaning, collocations, phrasal vocabulary, synonym-antonym, translation from the context, grammar, and the spelling of the word. Two tests were administered - a written test which included seven sub-tests and report essays written by the subjects. In the first test, six of the subjects received good grades but one subject had a poor grade because her job did not allow her to study. In the report essays, all seven of the subjects reported they were satisfied with the use of a glossary while studying. From the results, it was found that the contents of a glossary can be an effective key element and that adult learners can save time depending on the contents of the glossary.