영어사 교수법: 교육대학원생을 위한 강의 모델

Teaching the History of the English Language: A Model for Graduate Students of Education.

How to teach the History of the English language (HEL) has been rarely focused on in Korea, which can be compared to the situation aborad. The goal of this study is to present a model of teaching HEL for graduate students of English education and feedback from the students who took the HEL course based on the model. Ultimately, this study attempts to encourage HEL instructors to develop pedagogical techniques that reimagine HEL and customize the HEL course for students’ needs. The model proposed in this study was designed to excite students’ interests and active participation in the classroom as well as to enhance their competence as a/n (future) English teacher. HEL based on the model was taught to 13 graduate students: The lectures on the internal history by the instructor, students’ presentation of the external history, and two assignments are the integral part of the course. The students’ background, perception on HEL, and feedback on the course were collected from the questionnaire surveys conducted before and after the course. The results of two surveys demonstrated students were interested in HEL and considered the knowledge on HEL important. It was also shown that they wanted to learn the external history most. The results of the feedback survey showed students became more positive toward their presentation and more interested in the internal history of the English language than before the course started.