Title Page
Contents
ABSTRACT 8
I. Introduction 11
1. Background to the Study 11
2. Purpose of the Study and Research Aims 16
3. Significance of the Study 17
4. Term and Definitions 20
5. Format and Structure of the Study 23
6. Seventh National Curriculum in the Korean Elementary School Classroom 24
7. Seventh National Curriculum in the Korean Middle School Classroom 32
8. Seventh National Curriculum in the Korean High School Classroom 41
II. Korean Textbook Analysis 51
1. Methodology of Textbook Analysis 51
2. The Elementary School English Textbook Analysis 54
3. The Middle School English Textbook Analysis 62
4. The High School English Textbook Analysis 70
5. The 2020 학년도 수능 연계교재 수능완성 영어 Analysis 79
6. Overview of English Textbooks used in the Korean Education System 82
III. Korean High School Student Survey 88
1. Methodology of Survey Research 88
2. Survey Construction and Revision 93
3. Participants 96
4. Data Collection 97
5. Survey Data Analysis 99
IV. Korean English Teacher Interviews 126
1. Methodology of Research Interviews and Protocol 126
2. Interview Questions Construction and Revision 133
3. Interview Participants 138
4. Interview Data Analysis 139
5. Korean English Elementary School Teacher's Interview Results 140
6. Korean English Middle School Teacher's Interview Results 149
7. Korean English High School Teacher's Interview Results 158
V. Results 167
REFERENCES 172
국문초록 179
Appendix 7
[Appendix 1] Student Survey in Korean 182
[Appendix 2] Student Survey in English 186
[Appendix 3] Interview Consent Form (English) 191
[Appendix 4] Interview Consent Form (Korean) 193
[Appendix 5] Interview Questions 194
[Appendix 6] Purpose of Research of Interviewee (English) 196
[Appendix 7] Purpose of Research of Interviewee (Korean) 197
[Appendix 8] Student Survey Results 198
〈Table 1〉 Public School Level at Which Teachers Spoke the Most English 99
〈Table 2〉 Learner's Interaction in English by Public School Level 101
〈Table 3〉 Ratio of English to Korean Spoken by Elementary School Teachers 103
〈Table 4〉 Ratio of English to Korean Spoken by Middle School Teachers 105
〈Table 5〉 Ratio of English to Korean Spoken by High School Teachers 107
〈Table 6〉 Ratio of English to Korean Spoken in Korean Public Schools 109
〈Table 7〉 Student's Beliefs on the Focus of Elementary School Textbooks 111
〈Table 8〉 Student's Beliefs on the Focus of Middle School Textbooks 113
〈Table 9〉 Student's Beliefs on the Focus of High School Textbooks 114
〈Table 10〉 Student Survey on How Teaching English is Approached 115
〈Table 11〉 Student Survey on Elementary School English Book Difficulty 120
〈Table 12〉 Student Survey on Middle School English Book Difficulty 121
〈Table 13〉 Student Survey on High School English Book Difficulty 123