스토리텔링을 활용한 초등영어교육의 연구 동향 분석

An analysis of research trends in the use of storytelling in primary school English education : Focusing on Korea citation index journals

The purpose of this research is to analyze the research trends of primary school English education using English storytelling. A total of 75 related journal articles in Korea Citation Index were collected and analyzed based on annual trends, scholarly journals, subjects, authors, methodologies, and research topics. The results showed that journal articles have rapidly increased since the implementation of the revised 7th National Curriculum. Since then, a shift in research methods was observed. In particular, qualitative research has been increasingly used for the investigations. The most studied subjects were 3rd to 6th grade primary students (49.3%) who learn English as a mandatory subject. As for the research authors, 56 authors (74.7%) published one journal article. The most preferred research topic was storytelling as a teaching method and its implementation to EFL classroom. Based on the findings, pedagogical implications were suggested in order to strengthen research quality of the area.