This study sought to investigate factors affecting the English writing performance of 30 Korean ESL students overseas. Also, examined were the relationship between L1 and L2 education levels and L2 writing performance, the relationship between English language proficiency and L2 writing performance and between length of residence and L2 writing performance. The participants were asked to write essays in their L1 and L2 along with a questionnaire. To analyze the data, two-way ANOVA and correlation were performed. The results showed there was no significant relation between L1 educational level and L2 writing performance, but there was a significant relation between L2 educational level and L2 writing performance. Also, English language proficiency and L2 writing performance were highly correlated. The length of residence of the participants in the U.S. and their L2 writing performance showed a weak correlation. Similarly, their L1 writing performance was not related to their L2 writing performance. These imply that students need to have adequate proficiency of English to write in their L2, and they need to receive a considerate number of years of formal education in their L2 for the success of L2 writing.
목차
Abstract I. Introduction II. Literature Review 1. Relationship Between L1 and L2 Writing 2. The Influence of Formal Experience and Educational Level III. Methodology 1. Participants 2. Materials 3. Procedures 4. Analyses IV. Results and Discussion 1. Descriptive Statistics for TOEFL, L1 and L2 Essay and Length of Residence 2. Descriptive Statistics of Each Factor 3. Correlation of TOEFL, L1 and L2 Essays and Length of Residence V. Conclusion and Implications References APPENDIX
키워드
제2 언어 교육수준언어 능숙도과정중심 쓰기제2 언어 쓰기L2 educational levellanguage proficiencyprocess-oriented writingsecond language writing
저자
Misook Kim [ Kyung Hee University, Humanitas College, Professor ]
First Author
Dong Ju Lee [ Korea National University of Education, Department of English Education, Professor ]
Corresponding Author
한국외국어교육학회 [The Korea Association of Foreign Languages Education]
설립연도
1995
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
본 학회는 외국어 교육 분야 상호간의 연구 성과 교류를 통하여, 외국어 교육의 이론과 실제를 발전시키고, 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함으로써 외국어 교육 분야간의 학문적 교류를 활성화하는 것을 그 설립 목적으로 한다. 그리고 더 나아가서는 국제 협력 차원에서 다양한 언어 및 문화의 이해를 증진시키는 동시에 언어 정책과 관련하여 국제 관계 개선을 위한 가교 역할을 담당하고자 한다.