This study draws on recent corpus-based information to investigate the influence of frequency on Korean ESL learners’ acquisition of English verbs occurring with the double object construction (DC). Thirty low English proficiency Koreans (LPK), 30high English proficiency Koreans (HPK), and 30 native English speakers (NS)participated in an acceptability judgment test and an elicited production task featuring six high frequency (HF) verbs and six low frequency (LF) verbs. Results indicate that (a) both the LPK and the HPK more favorably accepted and more frequently produced DC sentences with HF verbs than with LF verbs and (b) the HPK more favorably accepted and more frequently produced DC sentences with both HF and LF verbs than the LPK. These results are interpreted as evidence for the significant role of frequency in Korean learners’ acquisition of English verbs occurring with the DC. The study ends with a discussion of theoretical and pedagogical implications.

I. INTRODUCTION
II. FREQUENCY AND ACQUISITION OF DATIVE CONSTRUCTION
III. METHODS AND MATERIALS
    1. Participants
    2. Tasks and Materials
    3. Analysis
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
V. CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

• Cheongmin Y ook(Keimyung University)