묵자 영어교과서와 점자 영어교과서의 시각자료 비교분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to compare the visual materials in regular print English textbook with those in braille English textbook. The regular print English textbook was authored by Chang et al. and published at Doosan; the braille English textbook was transcribed in the Braille Library of Taegu University. The seventh-grade regular print English textbook presented a total of 859 visual materials, including 136 (15.8%) photos, 650 (75.7%) drawings, and 73 (8.5%) other visual materials. In terms of the functions of the visual materials for teaching English, the textbook consisted of 303 (35.3%) imperative, 342 (39.8%) auxiliary, and 214 (24.9%) decorative materials. The braille transcription patterns of the visual materials were as follows: verbatim transcription 3.6%, modifications 18.3%, and omissions 78.1%. The braille transcription patterns of the visual materials in terms of their function revealed that, for the 303 imperative materials, only 9.6% were verbatim transcribed, 37.0% modified, and 53.4 omitted; that for 342 auxiliary materials, 0.3% was verbatim transcribed, 13.2% modified, 86.5% omitted; and, that all the decorative materials were omitted.