Abstract

This study is to analyze the factors which make the communication problems in the academic dialogue of the KAP learners (the learners who study Korean for academic purpose). The academic dialogue is what the undergraduate and graduate students do when they study, explore, and construct the knowledge. Performing the academic dialogue is important for the students not only to achieve better score but also to take a role in the academic community actively. Because participating and having a voice in the communication of a community mean having power as a real member of that community. Therefore the KAP students also need to be able to take part in the academic dialogue with their own thinking and voice. It can help them learn better and improve their right in the academic community. But they have certain problems when performing the academic dialogue. So, in order to find a clue of what is the problem they’re suffering when they talk with and about knowledge, in this research I analyzed the KAP students’ oral academic talk data, which was the oral examination talk done with their KAP teacher for comprehension check. I sorted out the parts that some communicative problems had occurred in the data according as the standards, which was the 4 maxim of Grice(1975) reinterpreted for this research. And then, I reasoned a posteriori of what factor the each problem had taken place. The result is that the KAP learners’ communication problems occur not only because of the language factors but also because of the cognitive factors. Especially two cognitive factors, the logical thinking and the critical thinking in academic Korean language are the most important factors which may effect the academic dialogue’s quality. (The Academy of Korean Studies)

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