조기영어교육과 초등영어교육의 연구동향: 2000~2015년 국내 학술지 논문을 중심으로

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The purpose of this paper is to understand the research trends in early childhood English education and primary school English education. We analyzed 648 academic journal articles published in Korea from 2000 to June 2015. We classified them based upon five criteria: annual trend, research target, number of authors, research method, and specific research topic. The research questions were: 1) What kind of longitudinal trends are identified in early childhood and primary school English education over the past 16 years? and 2) Which research methods and specific research topics are found over the past 16 years? The results suggest that there exists a steady growth in the number of articles on early childhood and primary school English education over the past 16 years. As for the research target, the most studied participants were elementary school students followed by English teachers. A total of 272 authors (73%) published only one article. The majority of researchers employed quantitative research methods, while the use of mixed methods is increasing recently. In terms of specific research topics, English-learning and teaching methods were the most frequent topics followed by EFL teacher research.

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