그 동안의 인터넷을 이용한 실용영문독해 수업은 단순히 영어로 된 인터넷 홈 페이지를 찾아 독해하는 방식으로 이루어졌다. 이러한 교육 방법은 인터넷 자료의 방대함, 수업의 수준에 적합하지 않은 어휘사용, 인터넷 자료를 찾기까지의 컴퓨터 활용능력의 요구, 또한 독해 후 토론 및 발표의 방안 부족 등의 여러 가지 문제점을 갖고 있어 효과적인 수업을 진행하기 어려운 것인 현실이었다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제점을 체계적으로 파악하고 이를 해결할 수 있는 시스템을 설계 구현하였다.
Since some methodologies of using Internet on English reading have been appeared, most of them have just led students to find some articles on the Internet and translate them into their first language. However, these methodologies have been criticized in that they can not provide naturalistic environment for practical English reading. There are some problems in using Internet for practical English reading. First, the level of vocabularies and grammar of articles from the Internet has not been proved to be appropriate for students. Usually, their level is too high for most students. Second, it needs computer using ability as well as English proficiency if a student successfully finds an article which he or she wants to on the Internet in a limited time. Finally, a teacher should be trained to lead students to participate in a classroom discussion to get, appropriate gists of articles. With all these problems, it is difficult only to use articles from the Internet for successful English reading. Therefore, this study tries to find out some critical problems and solve them, and construct English reading courseware system on the Internet.
