유생성(animacy)이 중학생들의 영어 연어능력(collocational competence)에 미치는 영향

The Effect of Animacy on Korean Middle School Students Collocational Competence

This study aims to investigate whether different animacy coding patterns in English and Korean affect Korean middle school students collocational competence. Eighty question items related to animacy of adjectival predicates and verbs were formulated. These 80 question items were classified into two groups. One group had 40 items coded differently in English and Korean by animacy (forty question items in this group are further classified into either marked or unmarked one (20 items each)) and the other group had 40 items coded similarly in English and Korean by animacy. Ninety five third-year middle school students participated in the study. Paired t-test analyses revealed that the participants did not clearly understand the different animacy coding patterns between two languages. This study suggests that more attention should be paid to the effect of animacy on students collocation competence in order to enhance students English competence. Pedagogical implications for English educators are additionally provided.