A Study of the Use of Korean Concords Adverbs Among Thai Students
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The purposes of this research were 1) to compare the ability of intermediate and advanced Thai students of Korean and native Korean speakers in using Korean concord adverbs; and 2) to compare their selection of the concord adverbs. The data were collected using the test administered to 139 Thai students learning Korean and 56 native Korean speakers. The findings were as follows: 1) Thai students and native Korean speakers showed statistically significant differences in all aspects concerning their ability to use Korean concord adverbs; and 2) native Korean speakers were most likely to employ the correct concord adverbs of all types whereas advanced Thai students, compared to the intermediate ones, showed their higher ability in using Korean concord adverbs, which was considered much closer to the level of the native speakers.The findings indicated two problems concerning the use of concord adverbs experienced by Thai students: 1) they were able to select the correct Korean concord adverbs but failed to employ them in the conversations, which resulted in the differences their responses and Korean native speakers’; and 2) they were unable to use grammatical structures collocating with the adverbs. Factors affecting Thai students’ use of some grammatical structures that did not collocate with the selected adverbs included the different grammatical structures conveying the same meanings in Korean, which might lead to the students’ confusion, and the interference of Thai students’ first language in the use of Korean adverbs. Studying the contents separately was another factor leading to Thai students’ inability to perceive the relationship between grammatical structures and concord adverbs in Korean.
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