• The Journal of Learner-Centered Curriculum and Instruction (JLCCI)
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.721-743
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• 2018

The aim of this study is to compare the speech act realization of KFL(Korean as a Foreign Language) learners and native Korean speakers in situations which required apologies. 15 KFL learners(advanced level) and 15 native korean speakers participated in the study and the data were collected through a Dicourse Completion Test(DCT) and questionnaires. The answers of the subjects were calculated and their frequencies were taken to find out whether there are similarities and differences between two groups. Although this study revealed that KFL learners approach native speakers norms in using apologies, the result also showed that the use of apology strategies was different depending on the situation: Using Internal/External modifiers, address, repeated IFID.