한국어와 영어의 차이에 따른 입력처리교수가 한국 중학교 학습자들의 문법 습득에 미치는 영향: 의문사의문문과 관계사절 학습을 바탕으로

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the acquisition status of Korean L2 learners on English wh-question and relative clauses, and to evaluate the effectiveness of Input Processing Instruction (PI) on the acquisition of target language grammar rules. For this purpose, 50 middle school students of 3rd year were divided into two groups, and PI lessons were offered to 25 students of the experiment group in four 20-minutes over two weeks. The findings are as follows. First, Korean students had more difficulty in understanding the that-trace filter in complement clauses with object gaps, and in differentiating relative clauses from complement ones. Second, there was considerable confusion in Complex Noun Phrase Constraints (CNPC) and gap interpretation. Third, the PI group showed higher effects than the control group in learning movement constraints on English wh-questions and relative clauses. Eventually, this experimental study suggests initial evidence for the advantages of PI lessons in learning various grammar types and constraints.