재량활동시간을 이용한 초등영어 심화ㆍ보충활동이 4학년 아동의 흥미도 및 듣기 이해력에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of advanced and additional activities on listening comprehension ability and interest in elementary school learners, to identify ways of increasing language input by using such enrichment activities, and to provide some guidance to teachers for the application of discretionary activities. The study was administered to fifty-one fourth graders with an experimental and a control class on the basis of the students' interest and listening abilities in English. The results of this study are as follows; there was no significant effect in the children's interest; however. in both groups, the advanced group of children demonstrated enhanced listening comprehension. In particular, the experimental group using advanced and additional activities had a better result in listening comprehension. It is argued that more systematic management of the advanced and additional activities for language teaching is needed when the quantity of language input is insufficient in elementary school classrooms.