초등영어교육정착여부와발전적방향에대한 다섯초등교사들의인식

Five teachers’ views on establishedness of and constructive directions for elementary English education.

The purpose of this study was to invite five elementary teachers to reflect on how established elementary English education is and to identify needed changes toward a well-perched elementary English education. The views of five teachers were collected through interviews and analyzed through thematic analysis. Previous studies in support of their views are presented, and they attest that these views are shared among teachers and researchers on a larger scale. The results of the study suggest that elementary English education fulfill its responsibility to ensure learners basic academic level proficiency, that the current practice of the specialist-teacher-based teaching system be replaced with the class teacher system, that sturdy phonics program be included in the national elementary English curriculum, and that means be taken in order for effective teaching know-hows and practices to be introduced and shared among teachers. The study reports on recent positive national level actions toward assisting learners securing basic academic proficiency and providing more ground in teaching phonics.