2015 개정 교육과정 기반 초등영어 교과서의 파닉스 내용과 지도 방법 분석

An analysis of phonics activities from elementary English textbooks based on the 2015 Revised National Curriculum

The purpose of this study is to analyze the phonics activities of the English textbooks which are currently being used in elementary schools, and thus to find out what needs to be improved in order to develop textbooks for better phonics teaching and learning. For this, all textbooks for grades 3~6 containing phonics activities were analyzed and compared to each other regarding how the phonics contents were presented, the number of phonics sound types and tokens, and the features of phonics teaching and learning activities. The results are as follows. First, the ways in which the phonics contents are presented differed considerably depending on the textbook, such as when to start teaching phonics and the grades and units where phonics instruction is conducted. Second, the number of phonics sound types and tokens presented varies significantly from textbook to textbook. Finally, the types of phonics teaching and learning activities were quite limited as in the previous National Curriculum-based textbooks. Based on the results, some suggestions are made to ensure that elementary school students are given sufficient, more systematic, and equal phonics learning opportunities no matter what textbook they use.