Korean EFL Learners’ Use of Discourse Markers in English Presentation

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Korean EFL Learners’ Use of Discourse Markers in English Presentation 한국 EFL 학습자의 영어 발표에서의 담화표지 사용: 한미향
Han, Mihyang

31 May 2021. pp. 21-35

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Abstract

This study examines the use of discourse markers in English presentations by first-year university students in Korea. A total of forty-eight students made three-minute speeches about both education and social issues. Their speeches were analyzed regarding discourse marker types and the effects of speech topics and English proficiency. The results reveal that they rarely used discourse markers in their speeches and the frequently employed types were referential and structural markers. The education issue more familiar to them led to more use of discourse markers. In addition, the difference in English proficiency did not affect employing discourse markers. It is suggested that EFL learners’ pragmatic knowledge be improved through sufficient input and output of discours markers.

Keywords

discourse markers

English presentation

EFL learners

speech topics

English proficiency

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Information

Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
Volume : 37
No :1
Pages :21-35
DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.37.1.202105.21

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[4] Aijmer, K. 2002. English Discourse Particles: Evidence from a Corpus. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 10.1075/scl.10

[5] An, J. H. 2018. Analysis of the Discourse Marker Well in High School Practical English Conversation Textbooks. Modern English Education 19, 16-28. 10.18095/meeso.2018.19.1.02

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[9] Chaudron, C. and J. Richards. 1986. The Effect of Discourse Markers on the Comprehension of Lectures. Applied Linguistics 7, 113-127.10.1093/applin/7.2.113

[10] Cho, H. Y. 2014. Cohesive Devices in English Writing Textbooks and Korean Learners’ English Writings. English Teaching 69, 41-59. 10.15858/engtea.69.1.201403.41

[11] Comfort, J. 1995. Effective Presentations. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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[14] Ferris, D. and T. Tagg. 1996. Academic Oral Communication Needs of EAP Learners: What Subject Matter Instructors Actually Require. TESOL Quarterly 30, 31-58. 10.2307/3587606

[15] Fung, L. and R. Carter. 2007. Discourse Markers and Spoken English: Native and Learner Use in Pedagogic Settings. Applied Linguistics 28, 410-439. 10.1093/applin/amm030

[16] Haliday, M. and R. Hasan. 1976. Cohesion in English. London: Longman.

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[18] Kim, M. H. 2004. Korean EFL Learners’ Use of Conjunctions in Spoken Narratives. Studies in Modern Grammar 37, 219-238.

[19] Ko, H. S. 2013. Overuse of the Discourse Filler, “so” in Micro-teaching Talks by Koreans. Language Research 49, 25-44.

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[22] Quinn, J. E. 2011. Discourse Markers in the University Classroom. Unpublished MA thesis, CA: San Diego State University.

[23] Rahimi, M. 2011. Discourse Markers in Argumentative and Expository Writing of Iranian EFL Learners. World Journal of English Language 1, 68-78. 10.5430/wjel.v1n2p68

[24] Redeker, G. 1990. Identical and Pragmatic Markers of Discourse Structure. Journal of Pragmatics 14, 367-381. 10.1016/0378-2166(90)90095-U

[25] Ryoo, H. K. 2016. Cohesion and Coherence in Korean EFL Learners’ Spoken Discourse. The Journal of Linguistics Science 79, 95-115.10.21296/jls.2016.12.79.95

[26] Soh, Y. H. 2003. Student’s Preparation, Perception and Attitudes Toward an Oral Class Presentation. English Teaching 58, 69-94.

[27] White, A. 2014. Discourse Markers in Task Interaction: A Comparison between Korean EFL Learners and Native Speakers. Modern English Education 15, 1-22.

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