Recognition and Production of English Conventional Expressions in Relation to Academic Achievement

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study aims to examine how EFL learners’ recognition and production of English conventional expressions are related to their overall English language learning achievement as measured by course grades. To this end, this study employed a recognition task and a production task implemented by 126 Korean and international university students. Analysis of individual conventional expressions showed that higher-level students scored much higher than their lower-level counterparts in recognizing 12 of 13 conventional expressions. Higherlevel students also demonstrated a greater production ability than their lower-level counterparts in 8 of 13 expressions. The higher-level students’ superiority to lower-level students was confirmed by their overall recognition and production scores. Another noticeable finding was that learners performed better on the recognition task than on the production task regardless of their language achievement levels. Closer examination revealed that there was a positive relationship between recognition and production of conventional expressions for the total number of students and for lower-level students. Based on these results, this study provides helpful suggestions for enhancing pragmatic knowledge of conventional expressions.

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