| Effects of Back-Up Program in Liberal Arts English Education: Based on the Speaking and Writing Labs of Pai Chai University |
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Jae Kyung Kim |
| 교양영어 교육의 보조프로그램 효과 연구 |
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김재경 |
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| Abstract |
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This study aims to examine the effect of Back-Up Programs such as Speaking Laboratory (Speaking Lab) and Writing Laboratory (Writing Lab) on college students pronunciation and their writing. The participants of Speaking Lab were 140 university students enrolled in an English class and they were assigned to two different groups, Control Group and Experiment Group. The participants of Writing Lab were 59 university students were assigned to two different groups according to different settings as well. A pretest was given in Week 2, and the treatments lasted for 7 weeks from Week 2 through Week 8. A posttest was administered in Week 8 to assess the learners’ speaking and writing progress. For pronunciation, the mean number of Experiment Group was higher than that of Control Group. For writing, the mean numbers of Experiment Group were higher than those of Control Group in the areas of T-unit and holistic assessment. However, the results of the posttest showed that no differences were found between Control Group and Experiment Group in all dimensions of speaking and writing. The analyses of the questionnaire survey and interviews revealed that the treatment groups which used the speaking and writing labs perceived Back-Up programs as helpful and effective ways for enhancing their speaking and writing ability. In conclusion, it may be inferred that the Back-Up Program enhances learners’ performance in pronunciation, T-unit, and holistic assessment. |
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Back-Up Programs, Speaking Laboratory, Writing Laboratory, pronunciation, T-unit, holistic assessment |
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