A method for receiving an acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NAK) signal in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication system is described. The method includes receiving ACK/NAK signals and repetitions of the ACK/NAK signals mapped to one or more OFDM symbols which are allocated for transmission of a plurality of ACK/NAK signals within one sub-frame, and confirming receipt of the ACK/NAK signals. The OFDM symbol for each ACK/NAK signal is determined according to the repetition of the ACK/NAK signals, and frequency regions for the ACK/NAK signals within the OFDM symbols are different from frequency regions for the repetition of the ACK/NAK signals within the OFDM symbols.