Title Page
Contents
초록 8
I. Introduction 10
1.1. The Purpose of the Study 10
1.2. Outline of the Study 14
II. Literature Review 15
2.1. Korea's English Education Policy 15
2.2. Theoretical Background of TEE 19
2.2.1. Direct Method 19
2.2.2. Natural Approach 22
2.2.3. Communicative Language Teaching 25
2.3. Previous TEE Studies 28
III. Methodology 32
3.1. Participants and Data Collection Procedures 32
3.2. Questionnaire 33
3.3. TEE Class Observation 33
3.4. Data Analysis 40
IV. Findings 41
4.1. Information about the Students 41
4.2. Perceptions of TEE Class 45
4.2.1. Necessity of TEE Class 46
4.2.2. Comprehension Level of TEE Class 47
4.2.3. Students' Attitude and Participation in TEE Class 48
4.3. Suggestions for Effective TEE Class 51
4.3.1. Students' Perceived TEE Efficiency Level 51
4.3.2. TEE Related Issues in Implementation 53
4.3.3. Suggestions for TEE success 57
V. Conclusion 61
References 65
Appendix: Questionnaire 72
Table 1. Direct Method on the expressions of opening the door 20
Table 2. The roles of teachers and students in Natural approach... 24
Table 3. Kim's lesson plan, "What did you do last weekend?" 36
Table 4. Students' demographic information 42
Table 5. Stay in English-speaking countries 42
Table 6. Study time outside class 43
Table 7. Students' perceived English ability 43
Table 8. Correlation between 'Interest in English' and 'Gender &... 44
Table 9. Necessity of TEE 46
Table 10. Students' attitude toward TEE class 49
Table 11. When to use English most 50
Table 12. TEE efficiency 52
Table 13. Main reasons for inefficiency of TEE 52
Table 14. When to hesitate most to speak in English 54
Table 15. When to participate in TEE class most interestingly 55
Table 16. Co-teaching ratio between native teacher and Korean... 58
Table 17. Portion of teacher's English use 58
Figure 1. Comprehension level of TEE 47
Figure 2. TEE class type 56
Figure 3. Suggestions on effective TEE class 59