말하기 과업별 한국인 성인의 영어 말하기 능숙도와 분석적 채점 영역의 관계

Abstract

This study investigates the relationships between Korean adult learners’ English as foreign language (EFL) oral proficiency and evaluation components for three types of monologic tasks based on giving opinions, describing pictures, and retelling. To determine which evaluation components are helpful practically in identifying EFL learners’ oral proficiency, the researcher collected speech data from 57 Korean college students in Korea and examined the results of a holistic scoring and an analytic scoring with four evaluation components: topic development, fluency, range, and accuracy. Using statistical analyses, the study found significant differences in terms of English oral proficiency between the opinion-giving and the retelling tasks as well as between the picture-describing and the retelling tasks. In addition, the highest achievements with respect to English oral proficiency were found in the opinion-giving task, followed by the picture-describing task and the retelling task, in that order. The highest correlations with English oral proficiency were also found in range for the opinion-giving task, accuracy for the picture-describing task, and topic development for the retelling task. Considering the results, the study proposes pairs of evaluation components for each type of task that are appropriate for examining EFL oral proficiency. The results may also help testing developers determine more balanced weights among evaluation components and task types.