초등영어 수업 주체와 영어 학습부진 개선 주체에 대한 초등교사들의 인식에 관한 연구

This study aimed to investigate the perceptions of primary school teachers on who would be best to teach English and who should take responsibility for improving the English learning of underachievers in English. For the study, 107 elementary school teachers participated in the survey, and they consist of three groups: English subject specialized teachers (ETs), homeroom teachers (HTs), and homeroom teachers teaching English (HTEs). The results of the study are as follows. First, regarding who should teach English, 64.5% of 107 teachers answered ETs should be in charge of English classes, while only 28% of them suggested that HTs should. Compared to the other two groups, a higher percentage of HTEs favored having homeroom teacher teaching English. Second, regarding the responsibility of teaching English to underachievers, 70.5% of ETs and 86% of HTs answered that ETs should take more responsibility than HTs at a ratio higher than 8:2. In other words, most teachers think that ETs should have a higher percentage of responsibility in improving poor English learning. Discussions and suggestions are made on what to do in consideration of the findings on teachers’ perception and the ideal situation to help underachievers in English.