On the ‘Mother Tongue’ Variable Influencing ESL Learners’ Perception of English Tag Questions

• 영문명: On the ‘Mother Tongue’ Variable Influencing ESL Learners’ Perception of English Tag Questions
• 발행기관: 한국외국어교육학회
• 저자명: Hyu-Yong Park(박휴용)
• 간행물 정보: 『Foreign Languages Education』Vol.13 No.4, 47~76쪽, 전체 30쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2006.12.01

영문 초록

  English Tag Questions (ETQs) are frequently used among native speakers in various situations. Though ETQs look simple and easy to learn, some ESL students with particular language backgrounds report that it is difficult to learn and utilize ETQs naturally. One of my hypotheses is that the familarity of ETQs depends on whether ELS students have similar syntactic structure in their native languages to English. To investigate this inquiry, I have compared syntactic structures of tag questions from five different languages: Polish, Deutsch, Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, and Korean. In addition to the syntactic analysis, I have also surveyed Chinese, Japanese, and Korean ESL students, who comprise major population of ESL students, for their reflections on ETQs; whether they can differentiate the meaning of some basic syntaxes of ETQs. The results showed that there were significant differences in the responses of Chinese, Japanese, and Korean students: Chinese students are much better in general than Japanese or Korean students. This paper contends that ETQ is one of the idiosyncratic features of English, and suggests that the syntactic and pragmatic differences of various languages should be considered in order to teach ETQs effectively.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. Literature Review
Ⅲ. Research Question and Method
Ⅳ. Analysis and Discussion
Ⅴ. Conclusion
References
Appendix - Survey Questionnaire about English Tag Question

키워드

English tag questions interrogatives imperatives opposite constant-polarity pragmatics 영어부가의문문 의문문 명령문 상반 연속-극성 화용론