An Analysis on Language Accuracy through Grammatical Judgement Test

Abstract

Kim, Kyung-Ryung. 2006. An Analysis on Language Accuracy through Grammatical Judgement Test. The Linguistic Association of Korea Journal, 14(2), 17-34. In this study, the Grammatical Judgement Test is utilized to measure the Error Rates (ER) and Reaction Times (RT) of 24 Chinese Students in a Korean Language School. A Visual-Basic based computer software is developed to run the test on computers. The measured data is used to find if there is a concrete relationship between ER and RT in several grammatical categories. In all grammatical categories, the relationship is found to be non-existent. The Error Rates (or accuracy) vary depending on grammatical categories. However, it is found that other variables that may affect ER and RT, such as gender and period of study, may affect the language fluency but not in a critical way.