Abstract
This study identifies distinctive characteristics of English emails that Korean university students write to their professors. The data is comprised of 54 emails written by non-native English speaking (NNS) Korean students (36 emails) and native speakers (NS) of English (18 emails) for two hypothetical academic situations. Employing inductive and comparative approaches to the data analysis, the present study found that Korean NNSs differed from NSs in the following areas: (a) addressing the recipient, (b) greeting, leave-taking, and signing-off, (c) making small talk, (d) apologizing and asking for permission, and (e) making a request. The findings are discussed in light of the participants’ knowledge of the language, culture, and medium.
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