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Developing cultural dialogues based on the script theory for elementary English education.

  • Modern English Education
  • Abbr : MEESO
  • 2014, 15(3), pp.190-214
  • Publisher : The Modern English Education Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > English Language and Literature > English Language Teaching

정혜민 1 이수영 2 Kim Kyong-hahn 3

1대구이곡초등학교
2대전은어송초등학교
3한국교원대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to develop cultural dialogues based on the script theorywhich, as an example of schema, describes the appropriate procedure of events in aparticular context. For this study, the research procedure is as follows. First, the currentEnglish curriculum was outlined and the dialogues in current textbooks were analyzedwith a focus on the script theory. Second, free description survey experiments wereconducted to compare scripts that were described by both Korean students and nativespeakers of English. Third, based on the survey results, script-based cultural dialogueswere developed. Fourth, seven teachers evaluated the dialogues and a pilot study lessonwas implemented. Finally, the dialogues were corrected and edited according to thefeedback received from the teachers. This study found that the scripts made by Koreanstudents and native speakers are different due to cultural differences. Therefore,dialogues in the textbook should be developed by focusing on these culturally differentparts of the script. This study provides a sample model of the development of culturaldialogues based on the script theory.

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