한국 고등학생의 학습자 신념 및 문화적 배경이 영어 읽기 능력 및 영어 학습 태도에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The present study represents the effect of learners’ beliefs and cultural influence on Korean high school students’ English reading competence and attitude toward English reading. A total of 108 high school students participated in this study. They were divided into two groups(53 for experimental group, 55 for controlled one). Horwatz’s BALLI(The Beliefs about Language Learning Inventory) was employed before the experiment to confirm homogeneity of learners’ beliefs between the two groups. To verify the effectiveness of the present study, a set of questionnaire and 2 reading comprehension tests were designed and conducted before and after the experiment. For the experimental group, some fake negative information about their English reading ability and the attitude toward English reading was insinuated, whereas some fake positive information was presented for the controlled group. The result revealed that the experimental group(some negative information was presented) showed significant improvements on their English reading ability and the attitude toward English reading as well.