Translation of the Modal Verbs with the Perfect Aspect of the Korean EFL Learners

• 발행기관: 한국통번역교육학회
• 저자명: Byun, Hye Won
• 간행물 정보: 『통번역교육연구』제17권 제4호, 117~134쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2019.12.30

영문 초록

Modal verbs have always been a challenge for the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners as various usages and profound underlying meaning of the modal verbs are difficult to be fully acquired by conventional grammar drill exercises. On top of the difficulties, added burden is given to the learners when they are faced to express a condition that did not really happen in the past. To express this condition, they would not only need to know the meaning of the various modal verbs, but also the 『modal verb + have + past participle』 structure. To ease the burden, this research aimed to investigate how translated teaching method could help the learners, compared to the conventional grammar drill exercises. Both the qualitative and the quantitative results show that the translated method was effective for the learners. Nearly 80% of the students chose the translated method and stated that using this method seem to be effective as they could impose the meaning from the sentence and see the semantic usage of the words. Next. quantitative results show that students were not able to understand the various meanings of the 『modal verb + have + past participle』 structure even though they successfully completed the grammar tests. The results were all consistent from high, mid and the low proficiency levels.

목차

I. INTRODUCTION

II. METHOD

III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

IV. Conclusion and Further Studies

키워드

번역식 조동사 완료형 외국어로서의 영어 translating method modal verbs perfect aspect English as a foreign language