Past and Present Perfect Tense In English: Challenges for Native Korean Learners

• 영문명: Past and Present Perfect Tense In English: Challenges for Native Korean Learners
• 발행기관: 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회)
• 저자명: Insun Kang
• 간행물 정보: 『영어교육연구』제15권 3호, 27~52쪽, 전체 26쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2003.09.01

국문 초록

Even at an advanced level of study, a great number of Korean English learners experience difficulty using and distinguishing between the English past tense and present perfect tense. Because of L1 influence, korean students tend to directly translate korean present perfect and past into English present perfect and past. Korean present perfect and English present perfect are not analogous. The differences between the Korean and English use of these tenses cause the korean English learner great difficulty. Korean past tense covers much of English present perfect usage. The perfect in English contains a wider range of usages than the Korean present perfect aspectual equivalent. This paper will examine these two tenses in English and then contrast them with their Korean. counterparts, showing in particular how the same functions can be expressed in Korean. The purpose of this paper is to provide the pedagogic explanations of what Korean learners should know to use the English past and present perfect tenses proficiently.

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Past and Present Perfect Tense In English: Challenges for Native Korean Learners

I. Introduction

II. Past and Present Perfect in English

III. Contrasts with the Korean Present Perfect

IV. Contrasts with Korean Past Tense

V. The Comparison between Korean Present Perfect and Past

VI. Pedagogic Implications

VII. Conclusion

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