중국인 L2 한국어 학습자의 화용 능력 발달

Chinese Korean L2 learners’ pragmatic competence development: Focusing on request and denial speech act

This study investigated the development of pragmatic competence of L2 Korean learners in the longitudinal frame. The study employed 20 students at the intermediate level who just arrived in Korea to continue their study. To conduct this study, ‘leaving message on the answering machine’ task was developed using computer program. and collected the verbal data of request speech act and denial speech act of the participants. Overall, the participants developed pragmatic competence as their study continued. The rate of increasement showed rapid for three month at the beginning of the study, but turned slow or went back at the end of study. In terms of speech act, while the development of request speech act continued from the beginning to the end, that of denial speech act took place at the beginning and became fossilized later. And the difference following to the proficiency revealed as the higher level group showed continued development till the end of the study comparing to the lower level group. The lower level group showed development and backsliding alternatively during the period of study.