Grammatical Accuracy and Possibility of Fossilization in Chatting by EFL College Students

• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: Jae-Suk Suh
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제14권 제4호, 161~178쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2008.12.30

영문 초록

This paper investigated degree of grammatical accuracy of various language forms with a focus on the possibility of their becoming fossilized in a later use of L2. A study was undertaken in which sixty college students engaged in chatting on the Internet for one semester, and erroneous forms in chatting scripts were identified and analyzed. It was shown that erroneous forms employed during chatting were distributed across various linguistic categories, and that eight major grammatical levels accounted for more than 90% of total erroneous forms. Also erroneous forms of grammatical levels such as subject-verb agreement, voice and relative clause were found to have a much higher possibility of being fossilized than those of any other grammatical level under study. It was concluded that though many erroneous forms produced in chatting look simple, and are easy to learn in light of their grammatical functions in sentence, given their frequent occurrence in chatting, both teacher and students need to pay proper attention to them to the point that students’ attempt at communication is not hindered.

목차

I. INTRODUCTION

II. PREVIOUS STUDIES

III. METHODS

IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

V. CONCLUSION

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grammatical accuracy fossilization chatting