The Relationship between Written English Proficiency and Toeic Score Revealed by Korean EFL Students' Written Error Correction

• 발행기관: 팬코리아영어교육학회(구 영남영어교육학회)
• 저자명: Mi-Lim Ryoo
• 간행물 정보: 『영어교육연구』제21권 4호, 129~148쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.12.30

영문 초록

The present study examines the relationship between EFL students' English proficiency and their TOEIC scores by analyzing their productive skills in error correction in written text Ninety-one EFL students in a Korean university participated in the study They were divided into the four levels of English proficiency according to their TOEIC scores advanced, high-intermediate, low-intermediate, and beginning They corrected a sample essay in which 48 errors were implanted Any salient features and patterns of their corrections were scrutinized and then compared among different levels The results have showed that even though the participants detected most problematic areas in the sample essay, their ability to correct errors accurately appeared to be limited, manifesting 55 08% average accuracy Furthermore, the findings suggest that TOEIC scores can be used to place test-takers in different levels, but certainly not to assess their productive skills

키워드

EFL students TOEIC score proficiency error-correction written text