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2013

Portland State University

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education

English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- Korean

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Hypothetical Would-Clauses In Korean Efl Textbooks: An Analysis Based On A Corpus Study And Focus On Form Approach, Soyung Yoo Mar 2013

Hypothetical Would-Clauses In Korean Efl Textbooks: An Analysis Based On A Corpus Study And Focus On Form Approach, Soyung Yoo

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This study analyzed hypothetical would-clauses presented in Korean high school English textbooks from two perspectives: real language use and Focus on Form approach. Initiated by an interest in the results of a corpus study, this study discussed hypothetical would-clauses in terms of how their descriptions in Korean EFL textbooks matched real language use. This study additionally investigated whether the textbooks presented the target language features in ways recommended by the Focus on Form approach. In the past few decades, authentic language use and the Focus on Form approach have received a great amount of attention in the SLA field. Recognizing …