2019, Vol.48, No.

인문논총 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 0.42

pISSN : 2005-6222 / eISSN : 2713-7511
https://journal.kci.go.kr/ifhs

The purpose of the current study is to investigate acoustic manifestations of English stress uttered by Korean English learners and to discuss instructional methods to help to correct prosodic errors if any. This study employed a “listen-and-repeat” strategy using loanwords and their reiterant counterparts as well to test effectiveness of practice. The overall results exhibited positive effects of practice on using acoustic cues including duration, F0 and intensity of vowels. In addition, reiterant speech more explicitly showed the effectiveness of practice, and it can be said that Korean English learners benefitted from reiterant speech in that it exhibits acoustic correlates more clearly and thus helps L2 learners recognize the prosodic features and employ them.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the meanings of slow learners' daily life based on their viewpoints. Using the photovoice method, this study explored dreams of slow learners and analyzed the nature of the dreams. Through participatory action research, they were able to express themselves and selected topics of each session in the photovoice program. The photovoice program is a 4-week, 60-minute group session from January 7 to January 29, 2016. In the last session, a photovoice exhibition was held by study participants, parents, and stakeholders. During the sessions, group counseling was provided twice for the parents. This study found 5 main themes and 16 sub-themes. The slow learners have high frustration, low self-confidence, and unclear future. They are normal ordinary children, such as feeling loneness when mothers are not at home and enjoying video games. They are moving forward slowly with dreams of their own future. An essential and common dream of slow learners is to live happily with family members. Based on these results, practical and policy suggestions are discussed.

This study briefly reviews adaptive strategies of motor action when speed changes. Discussion of adaptive strategies is very important in that people need to adapt themselves in a consistently changing situation. A total of 5 strategies were reviewed: speed-accuracy tradeoffs, simplifying action, rhythm conversion, introduction of an additional coordinative unit, and qualitative change. It is a theoretically meaningful attempt in that findings from various tasks were incorporated into the perspective of adaptive strategies. In addition, it will be very informative in terms of designing customized learning and training programs.