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The Interjections Oh and Wow in Listening Scripts of Middle School English Textbooks

  • Modern English Education
  • Abbr : MEESO
  • 2008, 9(1), pp.90-107
  • Publisher : The Modern English Education Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > English Language and Literature > English Language Teaching

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1중앙대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to examine the primary interjections oh and wow which appear in listening scripts of middle school English textbooks. Of the 13 different types of middle school English textbooks written by the 7th National English curriculum, five of the most-preferred middle school English textbooks series were analyzed for this research in order to determine the following: 1) the frequency distribution of oh and wow, 2) the combination of sentences and expressions in which they occur, and 3) whether the interjections are utilized in manner to improve practical listening skills. The following results were obtained by this study: Oh and wow are used 330 times in the five textbooks examined: Oh is used 271 times (82.12%), while wow occurs 59 times (17.88%). They tend to appear at the head of a sentence as primary interjections, and appear principally in declarative sentences, at 201 times (60.91%). Furthermore, it appears as if they are not optimally utilized with a view towards deliberately enhancing students' practical listening skills. It is the hope of this study that text developers and English language educators will consider its implications in selecting interjections for future listening scripts in middle school English textbooks.

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