Linguistic Cultures in SNULT for Second Foreign Languages: The Case of SNULT Chinese and SNULT French Listening Comprehension Sections

Sohn, Nam-Ho; Ko, Kilsoo

doi:10.30961/lr.2019.55.S.75

Lang. Res. 55(S):75-92

pISSN: 0254-4474, eISSN: 2586-7113

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30961/lr.2019.55.S.75

Linguistics

제2외국어 SNULT의 언어문화 요소 분석 - 중국어, 프랑스어의 청해시험을 중심으로

손남호¹, 고길수²^,^†

Linguistic Cultures in SNULT for Second Foreign Languages: The Case of SNULT Chinese and SNULT French Listening Comprehension Sections

Nam-Ho Sohn¹, Kilsoo Ko²^,^†

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¹서울대학교

²서울대학교

¹Seoul National University

²Seoul National University

^†Corresponding Author : kilsooko@yahoo.com

^* 이 논문은 제1저자가 2015년 대한민국 교육부와 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임 (NRF-2015S1A5A2A03050117).

^** 이 논문을 읽고 귀중한 조언을 해주신 익명의 심사자 세 분께 감사한다. 또한 우리 연구를 수행하는 과정 에서 많은 조언과 도움을 주신 서울대학교 언어교육원 TEPS센터 이용원 소장님과 언어능력측정센터 이 성헌 소장님, 강미란 선생님, 김엘레나 선생님, 문성주 선생님, 박혜영 실장님, 송홍령 선생님, 코마츠 요 시타카 선생님께 깊은 감사를 드린다. 아울러 이 논문에서 발견되는 오류는 모두 필자의 몫임을 밝힌다.

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Published Online: Nov 01, 2019

ABSTRACT

The main goal of the current study is to examine how the concept of linguistic cultures (LCs) is integrated and utilized in the content of test items for Seoul National University Language Tests (SNULT). In this study, LCs were subdivided into three types: (a) language-internal, (b) sociolinguistic, and (c) pragmatic LCs. A total of 160 listening items were chosen from SNULT Chinese and SNULT French tests (80 from each) and then analyzed according to the tripartite, classification scheme of LCs. Results of analyses have revealed that one or more types of LCs were identified in about 61% of 80 items for dialog-based listening comprehension sections of SNULT Chinese and SNULT French, respectively. This result indicates that LCs are largely reflected in SNULT and that these tests can provide appropriate test construction models for assessing communicative competence.

Keywords: SNULT; linguistic culture (LC); language-internal LC; sociolinguistic LC; pragmatic LC

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