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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2018.9.11.315

A Composite Study on the Writing Characteristics of Korean Learners - Focused on Syntax Production, Syntax Complexity and Syntax Errors  

Lee, MI Kyung (Division of Elementary Special Education, Gwang-ju women's University)
Noh, Byungho (Division of Korean teachers, Dong shin University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.9, no.11, 2018 , pp. 315-324 More about this Journal
Abstract
For Korean learners, writing is a harder part than any other areas in Korean languages. But in the future, the ability to organize and write systematically is essential for future koran languages learners to take classes, do assignments and presentations at school, and then adapt to job situations. Therefore, there is a need to devise a direction for this. In general, writing characteristics are viewed in many ways, including writing productivity, writing complexity, and writing errors. Accordingly, the study provided drawings and A4 paper for Vietnamese Korean learners, Chinese Korean learners, and Korean university students, before writing freely. Based on the their writing results, we looked at syntax factors (total C-units, total number of words), syntax complexity (number of words per C-unit and clause density), and writing errors (postposition, spell errors, and connective suffix, space errors) According to the study, Vietnamese and Chinese Korean language learners showed significantly lower syntax productivity and complexity than Korean university students, and showed more writing errors than Korean students in postposition and clause density. Based on the results of the study, we discussed writing guidelines for Korean languages learners. However, this study did not validate the differences in writing characteristics according to the Korean language level and length of residences for the study subjects. Therefore, it is necessary to consider this in future research.
Keywords
Convergence; Korean language learners; writing productivity; writing complexity; writing errors;
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