고등학생의 영어 능숙도와 동사-명사 연어 지식의 상관관계

This study examines the relationship between Korean high school students’ general English proficiency and their verb-noun collocation competence. The subjects (n = 90) have been divided into three groups according to the their general English proficiency and asked to answer 20 multiplechoice and 20 gap-fill collocation questions. On the basis of the data analysis using SPSS 18, this study produces the following results. First, there is a correlation between the subject’s general English proficiency and their verb-noun collocation competence. Second, while the mid- and low-level students’ scores of gap-fill questions are lower than the scores of the multiple-choice questions (which is consistent with previous studies such as Y.-J. Kim, 2005; Jo, 2011; Laufer, 1998, 2009; Laufer & Nation, 1999; Melka, 1997), the high-level students’ scores of gap-fill questions are higher than those of the multiple-choice questions. The results suggest that the high-level students’ levels of receptive and productive competence can be almost the same. Some significant implications for English education are discussed at the end of this study.