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Vocabulary Improvement in EFL Writing through Narrative and Expository Texts

외국어교육 상황에서 텍스트 유형별 읽기에 따른 어휘력향상 연구

  • Received : 2019.10.31
  • Accepted : 2020.01.20
  • Published : 2020.01.28
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of narrative and expository texts on incidental vocabulary learning of Korean university EFL learners while reading. The experimental groups were divided into 3 groups. The first experimental group were exposed to narrative texts and second group received expository texts. And the third group were administered narrative and expository texts alternately. The vocabulary tests were conducted after the last session to assess the incidental vocabulary gains of the learners. The results indicated the superiority of the expository texts over narratives in terms of enhancing learners' incidental acquisition of unknown words. Moreover, the results showed that the blended reading group of expository and narrative texts did better on the vocabulary gains than those of narrative reading group and expository reading group. However, in the essay writing assessment, the expository group committed the most vocabulary errors in writing.

이 논문의 목적은 외국어 학습자가 대화체와 설명체 텍스트를 읽기를 하는 동안, 텍스트 유형이 쓰기에 있어서 어휘향상에 어떻게 영향을 주는 지를 밝히는데 있다. 실험집단은 3개의 그룹으로 나뉘어졌다. 첫번째 그룹은 대화체 텍스트를 읽었고, 두번째 그룹은 설명체 텍스트를 읽었다. 한편, 세번째 그룹은 대화체와 설명체 글을 번갈아 가며 읽었다. 학습과정이 끝난 후, 어휘 테스트를 통해 집단 간의 비교를 하였고, ETS 에세이 평가에 나타난 평가 결과를 토대로 어휘에 나타난 특징을 분석하여 비교 하였다. 실험 결과는, 학습자의 모르는 어휘에 대한 이해에 있어서, 설명체 텍스트가 대화체 텍스트보다 우수하다는 것을 증명하였다. 더욱이, 대화체와 설명체를 동시에 읽은 집단이 대화체만 읽은 집단이나 설명체만 읽은 집단보다 어휘 향상에 이어서 더 우수함을 보여 주었다. 한편, ETS 에세이 쓰기에 나타난 결과는 상대적으로 설명체 글의 학습자가 틀린 오류가 가장 많았다.

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