에피소드 구성력과 수험자의 스토리텔링 과업수행능력 분석

Abstract

Analyzing Episode Completeness of English Storytelling: From the Oral Proficiency Testing SamplesShin, Dong-IlKim, Keum-SunKim, Na-HeeThe purpose of this study is to investigate how Korean learners of English construct their linear story grammar (Stein & Glenn 1979) in oral proficiency testing situations. A total number of 31 storytelling samples from two oral proficiency tests were analyzed: MATE (Multimedia-Assisted Test of English) and OPIc (Oral Proficiency Interview computer). The 15 excerpts came from MATE and 16 from OPIc. This study explored which components of story grammar(setting, initiating events, internal responses, attempts, direct consequences, reactions) appeared in each of three categorized proficiency levels (advanced, intermediate high and low, intermediate low). It was found that the performance difference of episode completeness was explicit between each level of oral proficiency. The higher their speaking proficiency was, the more complete episodes were found in their storytelling samples. It was also found that the test-takers of English speaking lacked the competence in describing characters’ feeling and emotion in their narratives regardless of their proficiency levels. Issues for further research are discussed.