Five Research Proposals concerning children english education in Korea.

Research Proposals

Proposal 1 : An English Proficiency Case Study on children who were taught the English language during pre-school and those in elementary

Objective 1 : The purpose of the study is to identify in which level of the learning process the English language should be best taught for Korean students to achieve excellent results

Methodology 1 : Two groups of children who have been learning the English language will be studied . One group is composed of those who started formal education (either one of the subjects being studied or a formal class

in the academy ) in the English language in pre-school . The other group is composed of children who had formal education of the English language in elementary school , specifically in their third grade . Both groups will be given a proficiency test level in the English language composed of both written and oral tests in to identify which group is more proficient of the English language

Proposal 2 : A study on the efficiency of IPA (International Phonetics Alphabet ) on elementary school students in learning the English language

Objective 2 : This study is to find out the efficiency of the IPA in teaching Korean children the proper articulation and pronunciation of the English language

Methodology 2 : The study will be conducted within a group of Korean elementary school students who studies English as a Second Language for four weeks . Every week , the teacher or facilitator will be teaching the students five IPA symbols and its proper articulations . Various exercises will be conducted in for the students to support the learning process . At the end of the week , the teacher /facilitator will be giving oral exams that will gauge the students ' improvement in the proper articulation of the sounds . The oral exams will at the same time identify the IPA sounds which most Koreans students have problems with...