초등 디지털영어교과서 활용 실태 조사

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to report on how digital english textbooks have been actually used in elementary school. The study conducted the following surveys. The digital english textbooks were evaluated according to three criteria - contents, designing instruction, designing functions. Three schools participated in the research. Teachers in those schools were interviewed individually and students answered to the given questionnaires. The major findings are as follows. The TPC (Tablet Personal Computer) was the main media to operate the digital textbooks. However, it turned out that it was difficult for users to run the various activities since it had lack of mobility. Regarding the current digital english textbooks, they had several mistakes and errors. Many teachers and students who were interviewed responded that to use TPC freely in class, major improvements should be made: it should be more convenient and easy to use. In addition, it needs to include more useful functions such as LMS (Learning Management System). The mobility of TPC is also another factor to be considered. Despite these several drawbacks, the digital english textbooks have great potential to be good material if enough contents are supplied to meet the various level or needs of students and well equipped for the jobs which can reconstruct the contents in accordance with the user's convenience.