Linguistic Correlates of Proficiency in Korean as a Second Language

This study investigates relationships between global oral proficiency ratings and measures of grammatical competence in the acquisition of Korean as a second language. Data were collected on the linguistic abilities of learners at 1+ to 4 on the ILR scale, focusing on perception in phonology, morphology, syntax, lexis, and collocation. The results show that (i) most of the tasks have high internal…