| 초록 |
Kim, Youngcheol. (2020). STEAM teaching method applicable to the elementary English classroom: Topic-based teaching. The Linguistic Association of Korea Journal, 28(2). 29-42. This study examined how to teach STEAM subjects in the elementary English classroom. For elementary students of English, STEAM teaching is so difficult to learn in the classroom. So in this research, a different kind of STEAM teaching method was designed for them. STEAM teaching method was made to be applicable to the elementary English classroom. In the elementary classroom, every teacher teaches many subjects to his/her students. So teachers are able to teach English utilizing other subjects for forty minutes. The procedure of STEAM teaching method is as follows: At first, teachers need to choose appropriate topics when they teach their students in the classroom. When it comes to how to teach STEAM subjects, topic-based English teaching is of paramount importance. In this research, topic 'snow' was chosen for the third graders. Secondly, they need to connect it to other subjects. In this research, the snow-related subjects were connected to topic 'snow'. It is desirable that in the Korean educational context, STEAM teaching should be connected to other subjects focused on topic-based teaching. It can be concluded that teachers are able to teach their students using other subjects in the elementary English classroom. It is suggested that teachers develop and devise how to teach STEAM subjects in the Korean context. It is also recommended that elementary English teaching should be focused on other subjects and real situations. |
