The Present Perfect Tense in English Expository Texts: A Study of Its Discourse Functions in the CSAT

• 발행기관: 서울대학교 교육종합연구원
• 저자명: Youngsang Suh Dennis Murphy Odo
• 간행물 정보: 『The SNU Journal of Education Research』Vol.34, No.2, 1~23쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.06.30

국문 초록

This study focuses on the discourse functions of the present perfect in the English expository texts of the College Scholastic Aptitude Test (the CSAT) in Korea for the past ten years (2013-2022). It investigated the present perfect in the original texts of the CSAT passages considering three elements: the location, the meaning, and the role of the present perfect in the original text. Through this analysis, this research identified seven discourse functions of the present perfect in the CSAT texts, which were topic introduction, topic transition, topic closing, providing background information, explanation of details, marking an off-the-sequence event, and inquiry about readers’ knowledge. This finding highlights how differences in discourse function contribute to a more nuanced understanding of present perfect's various uses in an assessment of English reading proficiency. These findings can help ESL/EFL teachers to develop more context-sensitive language instruction to help learners use the tense accurately and effectively.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Literature Review

Ⅲ. Methods

Ⅳ. Results and Discussion

Ⅴ. Summary and Conclusions

References

키워드

EFL high-stakes assessment reading assessment discourse functions grammatical structures