Abstract
This study aims to analyze the usage of the four sub-types of the English present perfect. Korean English learners tend to use the simple past when expected to use the present perfect. This study investigates which sub-types of the English present perfect Korean English learners find particularly difficult to use. The results show that Korean English learners are not very good at using all of the sub-types of the present perfect. In particular, they have difficulty using the present perfect functioned as Perfect of Result. Also, they tend to use the present perfect correctly at a relatively high rate when temporal adverbials appear in the sentence. However, they seem to have trouble using the present perfect, and they tend to use the simple past instead when there are no temporal adverbials. The findings have two implications. One is that Korean English learners show different levels of understanding depending on the sub-types of the English present perfect. The other is that Korean English learners tend to acquire the English present perfect more easily when temporal adverbials are present. This study is conducted only for Korean English learners. I hope for further research which compares Korean English learners and English native speakers. (Changshin University)
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