A Corpus-Based Analysis of College Entrance English Exams in Korea, China, and Japan

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Gwang-Yoon Goh Ju-Hyun Back
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제62호, 205~226쪽, 전체 22쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.12.01

영문 초록

This paper is a corpus-based, comparative study of the college entrance English exams in Korea, China, and Japan, and its main goal is to analyze the English vocabulary used in these English exams to evaluate how appropriate they are for measuring prospective college students English proficiency for higher education. The results indicate that the Korean English exam shows the highest vocabulary level in all aspects, including vocabulary size and overall vocabulary level. In particular, considering the lexical coverage of college-level English vocabulary, the Korean English exam can be considered more appropriate for measuring students English proficiency than the Chinese or Japanese English exam. Despite this encouraging finding concerning the relative status of the three countries national exams, however, we are doubtful about the appropriateness of the Korean English exam in achieving the important evaluative goal, mainly due to its low coverage of college-level vocabulary.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Previous Studies

3. Methodology

4. Results and Discussions

5. Summary and Conclusion

키워드

Corpus English vocabulary College Scholastic Ability test College entrance english exams