English reading learning through Shadowing demands high concentration from learners during the reading and its various activities. Through Shadowing, learners can learn a native speaker's pronunciation naturally and acquire the different features of Korean and English while they are following the native speaker's pronunciation.
This study eliminates translation and cramming education, so it is not looking at the contents but working together with various activities through simultaneous functions. In other words, it is reading English effectively in various functions.
To begin with, reading English is more important than any other thing in EFL settings. English Language Learners (ELL) can not help depending on reading data. On the other hand, as the world is moving toward globalization and internaltionalization, as many new technologies and the internet are being developed, it is easier to obtain copious English data. Through these various media, as learners read the data in English, they can learn new information. According to different studies in EFL settings, we can see that learners improve their English ability through reading. Krashen(1985) ed that reading is the most important source for acquiring language according to the results of studies about reading and the improvement of language ability. Reading can improve other language abilities while assisting in understanding the contents. Also, it is one of the successful ways to lead a school curriculum.
This study presented the efficiency of English reading through Shadowing; the use of Activating Shadowing techniques helps make shadowing more effective. Using Activating Shadowing helps make shadowing and learners' cognitive competence, including speed reading improve.
Shadowing is not simply following a native speaker but acquiring the different features and understanding of Korean and English naturally, Therefore, it can make learners improve reading competence. First, this study suggested the techniques for Activating Shadowing and ed the findings of preceding studies about reading English through Shadowing and the techniques of Activating Shadowing. Based on these hypotheses, the techniques of activating Shadowing are stated below:
First, English textbooks in middle school, are one of the various data promoting learner's interest and motivation. It concerns maximizing the students' level and the gradual development of an English curriculum. The resources are various to create learners' interest. It presented classroom methods that integrate Shadowing by making use of the text's advantages.
Second, the teaching procedure that was presented in the classroom to activate Shadowing is activating background knowledge through teaching vocabulary; this helps students infer the contents of the beginning of the shadowing activity, enabling students to figure out the sentence as a style unit. Eye spans improve speed reading, and help students recognize the phrases that frequently occur. Peer monitoring also can improve cooperative activities and intrinsic motivation.
Third, this study was divided into the stage of introduction, development and consolidation to present the methods of Shadowing effectively.
When Shadowing is applied to a reading class, it can improve speed in understanding the contents of acquiring English naturally, not thinking in Korean but thinking in English, and this will help students to grasp the contents naturally through repeated activities. The Activating Shadowing can reduce the difficulties of unfamiliar sentences and make shadowing more effective. The improvement of these shadowing activities will increase the students' cognitive competence and reading competence.
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