Acquisition of the English Definite Article by Korean Speakers

• 영문명: Acquisition of the English Definite Article by Korean Speakers
• 발행기관: 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회)
• 저자명: Gui-Seok Kim Gil-Soon Ahn
• 간행물 정보: 『영어교육연구』제15권 4호, 69~95쪽, 전체 27쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2003.12.01

영문 초록

The usage of the definite article the in English sentences is divided into four major categories: cultural. situational. structural and textual. The purpose of this study is to determine whether these uses present different levels of difficulty for Korean high school students, and also to show how they are acquired. The instrument consisted of 87 sentences containing 58 deleted obligatory uses of the (13 cultural, 13 textual, 16 situational, and 16 structural) and 36 null articles. The participants (40 low-, 40 intermediate-, and 33 advanced-level students) were instructed to read the sentences and insert the article the wherever they believed necessary. Statistical analyses of the participants' performance indicate the following: (a) The four nongeneric uses present different levels of difficulty, which suggests that Korean high school students' acquisition of the definite article follows a different natural order in comparison with previous studies; (b) Korean students' performance in obligatory use varies according to proficiency level, and (c) Korean students' performance in overuse of the article also varies with proficiency level. Pedagogical implications and suggestions are discussed in the final section.

목차

I. INTRODUCTION

II. BACKGROUND

III. METHOD

IV. RESULTS OF THE STUDY

V. SUMMARY AND SUGGESTIONS

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