초등 영어교실에서의 역할극 활용이 영어듣기와말하기 능력에 미치는 효과성 분석

Analyzing the effectiveness of role play activity on Korean elementary school children’s English listening and speaking ability

The purpose of this research is to investigate the effectiveness of role-play activity on Korean EFL elementary school children’s English listening and speaking ability. For accomplishing this purpose, the following research questions were constructed, 1) how much the role-play activity affected the elementary students’ listening ability, and 2) how much the role-play activity affected the elementary students’ speaking ability. Thirty elementary school children of two classes participated in the study. One group, ‘the role-play group,’ did the role-play activity, and the other group, ‘the speak-after group,’ did repeating after the teacher or audio during each unit. To analyze their listening and speaking abilities, the pre- and post- listening and speaking tests were conducted. For data analysis, t-tests of paired sample and independent sample was conducted to find out the differences between the two groups. The findings of data analysis indicated that students in the role-play group obtained higher scores than those in the speak-after group in speaking and listening post-tests. It can be said that the role of role-play as an activity in the practical English class can help English learners improve student’s abilities of listening and speaking. Along with its relevance, a few pedagogical implications for effective teaching and learning tips of elementary English education were suggested.