Korean EFL Learners’ Development of Interlanguage Pragmatics in Speech Act of Request

• 발행기관: 한국영어교과교육학회
• 저자명: Jee Young Lee
• 간행물 정보: 『영어교과교육』영어교과교육 14권 2호, 93~120쪽, 전체 27쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2015.06.30

영문 초록

The present study investigates the developmental aspect of interlanguage pragmatics (ILP) by exploring the speech act of request performed by the learners in an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) context. In particular, the study has employed the discourse completion test (DCT) with situations containing different social variables, such as power and distance. The request strategies of Korean female college and university students differed with respect to their proficiency level. Results demonstrate that EFL learners use (1) both direct and conventionally indirect strategies regardless of their proficiency level, (2) both hearer-oriented and speaker-oriented perspectives when making a request, and (3) more mitigating supportive moves as a speaker’s proficiency level increases. Moreover, it has been shown that the learners’ request strategies are not influenced by social variables. This suggests the importance of raising awareness of pragmatic competence which can be beneficial for learners in EFL contexts.

목차

I. INTRODUCTION

II. LITERATURE REVIEW

III. METHOD

IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

V. CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS

키워드

중간언어 화용론 요청 한국 EFL 학습자 interlanguage pragmatics request Korean EFL learners