@article{ART001850992},
author={MiHyang Han},
title={The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs},
journal={Modern English Education},
issn={1598-0782},
year={2014},
volume={15},
number={1},
pages={153-172}
TY - JOUR
AU - MiHyang Han
TI - The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs
JO - Modern English Education
PY - 2014
VL - 15
IS - 1
PB - The Modern English Education Society
SP - 153
EP - 172
SN - 1598-0782
AB - This paper examines relationship of Korean college students' English proficiency and their use of multi-word verbs. 120 Korean EFL learners at the college level participated in the study. A 20-item multi-word verb test was administered to evaluate their receptive and productive knowledge in the multi-word verbs. The participants' TOEIC scores were used as their English proficiency level. The results of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between English proficiency and performance on the multi-word verb test. But their multi-word verb performance was very low (mean score 48.57), which probably resulted from the interaction of two factors, semantic transparency and familiarity. Some semantically opaque verbs such as 'look after' were more familiar to the students than others such as 'wait on'. The familiarity led to higher performance. The results from error analysis of multi-word verb sentences produced by the students show that errors were caused by students' lack of knowledge on semantic and grammatical structures of multi-word verbs. It is suggested that explicit instruction on multi-word verbs will improve EFL learners' accurate and appropriate use of multi-word verbs and ultimately enhance their English proficiency.
KW - multi-word verb;English proficiency
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MiHyang Han. (2014). The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs. Modern English Education, 15(1), 153-172.
MiHyang Han. 2014, "The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs", Modern English Education, vol.15, no.1 pp.153-172.
MiHyang Han "The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs" Modern English Education 15.1 pp.153-172 (2014) : 153.
MiHyang Han. The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs. 2014; 15(1), 153-172.
MiHyang Han. "The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs" Modern English Education 15, no.1 (2014) : 153-172.
MiHyang Han. The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs. Modern English Education, 15(1), 153-172.
MiHyang Han. The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs. Modern English Education. 2014; 15(1) 153-172.
MiHyang Han. The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs. 2014; 15(1), 153-172.
MiHyang Han. "The effect of Korean college students' English proficiency on their use of multi-word verbs" Modern English Education 15, no.1 (2014) : 153-172.