The purpose of this study was to investigate what effects the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had on children s language abilities. The following research questions were established for this purpose. Research questions: Do the language arts activities using computer fairy tales have effects on children s language abilities? 1. Do the language arts activities using computer fairy tales have effects on children s vocabulary? 2. Do the language arts activities using computer fairy tales have effects on children s Language understanding? 3. Do the language arts activities using computer fairy tales have effects on children s Language expression? The subjects of this study were the children from 2 classrooms of S Kindergarten located in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do. All of them were 5 years old and the number of children was 30 for experiment group (15 male and 15 female children) and 29 for control group (14 male and 15 female children). For the research tool, it used the test tool for language abilities that was manufactured by Jang Young-ae (1981) corresponding to the level of children aged 4 to 6 and revised and supplemented by Park Ae-ja (1996). The multimedia used for language arts activities were 4 CD-ROM titles such as five children with lots of talents , Grandmother and Me , The Tortoise and the Hare , etc. In order to verify the research questions, the study obtained the differences in the scores from vocabulary, language understanding and language expression acquired from pre-test and post-test of children of the said two groups and performed a t-test for the average improvement scores by each group. The results of this study were as below. It has been found that the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had positive effects on children s language abilities. First, the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had positive effects on children s vocabulary. Second, the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had positive effects on children s language understanding. Third, the language arts activities using computer fairy tales had positive effects on children s language expression. From the said results, it has been noted that children participated actively and enthusiastically in the language arts activities using multimedia and their language abilities were subsequently improved. (주)코리아스칼라 | 대표: 서혜진 | 사업자번호: 107-87-69034