Korean EFL Learners' Knowledge of Parts of Speech of High-frequency Vocabulary
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This paper explored Korean EFL students' productive vocabulary knowledge with a focus on their understanding of the parts of speech of words. Fourteen high-frequency words, most of which are at middle-school level, were chosen from the keywords of the Oxford 3000. Thirty-eight Korean EFL university students took a translation test, in which the 14 words were supposed to be used as the following parts of speech: brave(verb), cloud(verb), corner(verb), doctor(verb), empty(verb), face(verb), fine(verb), fool(verb), matter(verb), quiet(verb), sport(verb), way(adverb), weather(verb), and parent(verb). Interviews were then carried out to identify what was behind students' inability to use easy words effectively. Test results showed that the students' understanding of parts of speech of the words was quite limited. Students were found to believe that vocabulary learning takes care of itself. It also turns out that dictionary use had to do with students' lack of knowledge of parts of speech of core vocabulary. The findings of this study suggest that the Korean students need to be helped to take a proactive approach to improving their productive vocabulary.
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This paper explored Korean EFL students' productive vocabulary knowledge with a focus on their understanding of the parts of speech of words. Fourteen high-frequency words, most of which are at middle-school level, were chosen from the keywords of the Oxford 3000. Thirty-eight Korean EFL university students took a translation test, in which the 14 words were supposed to be used as the following parts of speech: brave(verb), cloud(verb), corner(verb), doctor(verb), empty(verb), face(verb), fine(verb), fool(verb), matter(verb), quiet(verb), sport(verb), way(adverb), weather(verb), and parent(verb). Interviews were then carried out to identify what was behind students' inability to use easy words effectively. Test results showed that the students' understanding of parts of speech of the words was quite limited. Students were found to believe that vocabulary learning takes care of itself. It also turns out that dictionary use had to do with students' lack of knowledge of parts of speech of core vocabulary. The findings of this study suggest that the Korean students need to be helped to take a proactive approach to improving their productive vocabulary.
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