초등학생의 영어 독서능력지수 기준 개발

Abstract

Extensive reading is one of the effective ways of learning English in EFL circumstances. Children tend to like narrative reading, and extensive reading is effective in exposing learners of English to the authentic language. It’s important that choosing appropriate books for learners when an extensive reading program is applied for children. Teachers should know children’s present reading ability and suggest the proper level of books for each student. It could be the key issue for a successful extensive reading program. However, we have no appropriate standards for measuring English reading proficiency for Korean learners. This research aims to suggest the standards for discriminating reading ability of elementary school students. The study was implemented by examining the degree of vocabulary difficulty and the degree of sentence complexity of books learners read using Korean Lexile Index formula. Then, test items for checking reading comprehension were created and applied to elementary school students of different grades. Findings of this study are as follows: First, the list of core books was developed by examining Korean Lexile Index. Second, test items were made for each book in the core list, and they were focused on checking how much the students understand about the book. Third, the standard of English reading ability was proposed according to school grades.