Reexamining the Utility of the Passive Voice in Authentic Texts

• 영문명: Reexamining the Utility of the Passive Voice in Authentic Texts
• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: Taehyon Park(박태현)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제84호, 167~183쪽, 전체 17쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.09.30

영문 초록

  This paper examined Korean EFL writers" attitudes toward the passive voice and their understanding of the role of the passive voice. To check whether the participants" knowledge about the passive is limited, attention was, then, paid to identify the actual use of the passive in newspaper articles written by native writers of English. The findings of this study revealed that the attitudes of Korean EFL writers toward the passive were somewhat negative. Their understanding of the role of the passive fairly coincided with common advices against the use of the passive in many writing handbooks. Newspaper articles covered in this study showed that the passive plays a huge role in making a text reader-friendly; specifically, passive sentences are effective in managing the flow of information between sentences and shaping a consistent topic string. This study suggested that the passive voice should be taught in context in order to help learners see the utility of the passive.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. Previous Studies
Ⅲ. Method
Ⅳ. Findings and Discussion
Ⅴ. Conclusions
References
Abstract

키워드

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