중등영어교사 임용시험 출제 경향 분석: 2015~2019학년도 영어교육 문항을 중심으로

The purpose of this study is to examine the test items from the written component of the secondary school English teacher recruitment exam. Focused on the school years from 2015 to 2019, the analysis is based on a collection of 108 test items. A frequency count was conducted to determine the different question types and the representation of each field and the sub-fields of English education. The results of the study are as follows. First, out of all fields, the largest number of items was based on English education followed by English linguistics, general English and English literature. Second, the sub-fields of English education were not evenly distributed, and the most significant part was about teaching methodology and four skills of teaching English. And the least was about curriculum and teaching materials and ICT teaching method for English education. Third, the test items regarding English education had higher test authenticity and interactiveness than construct validity. Based on these results of the study, some pedagogical implications and suggestions are provided.