한국인 영어학습자들의 비명시적 문법 교육 연구: 영어 관사와 추상명사를 중심으로

Abstract

This study investigates the grammar education of Korean English learners regarding the usage of co-occurrence of the definite article with proper nouns and singularity and plurality in abstract nouns that are without explicit grammatical rules in English. To achieve this aim, this study wanted to find out how well 81 Korean English learners(43 middle school, 38 high school) understand the usage of non-explicit language. Furthermore 9 Korean English teachers in middle and high schools were surveyed on how to teach non-explicit language. Specifically, experiments 1 & 2 and one questionnaire were conducted. The findings of the current study suggest the following two results. First, As the Korean English learners increase their learning levels, they are able to acquire explicit language rules relatively well, but not non-explicit language. Second, Korean English teachers in schools said that they have not provided explicit teaching approaches about the non-explicit language in the schools’ educational environment.