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Direct linkBardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Mossman, Sabrina; Vellenga, Heidi E. – TESOL Journal, 2015
This article describes how to develop teaching materials for pragmatics based on authentic language by using a spoken corpus. The authors show how to use the corpus in conjunction with textbooks to identify pragmatic routines for speech acts and how to extract appropriate language samples and adapt them for classroom use. They demonstrate how to…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Pragmatics, English for Academic Purposes, Instructional Materials
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Mossman, Sabrina; Su, Yunwen – Language Learning & Technology, 2017
This study compares the effect of using corpus-based materials and activities for the instruction of pragmatic routines under two conditions: implementing direct corpus searches by learners during classroom instruction and working with teacher-developed corpus-based materials. The outcome is compared to a repeated-test control group. Pragmatic…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Pragmatics, Control Groups, Comparative Analysis
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Vellenga, Heidi E. – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2012
This study investigates the effects of instruction (input plus focused metapragmatic noticing) on the oral production of conventional expressions, particularly those conventional expressions which perform specific pragmatic functions in English. Using a pre-test-instruction-post-test design we tested 36 university-level students in six intact…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Input
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Mossman, Sabrina; Vellenga, Heidi E. – Language Teaching Research, 2015
This study investigates the effect of instruction on the acquisition of pragmatic routines used in academic discussion, specifically expressions of agreement, disagreement, and clarification. Thirty-seven learners, including an experimental group of 26 students and a control group of 11 students, participated in the study. Five intact classes…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Pragmatics
Peer reviewedBardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Bergstrom, Anna – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Investigates the acquisition of tense and aspect by learners of English as a Second Language and learners of French as a Foreign Language. Examination of written narratives collected from both groups using a film retell task reveals similar patterns of distribution of tense/aspect morphology across target languages. (29 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: College Students, Data Collection, English (Second Language), Films
Peer reviewedBardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Reynolds, Dudley W. – TESOL Quarterly, 1995
Reports on a study of adult learners' use of the simple past tense that showed that past tense acquisition occurs in stages determined by the lexical aspects of verbs. The article also describes a pedagogical approach for increasing accurate past tense use through contextualized examples in authentic texts and focused noticing exercises. (Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adult Education, English (Second Language)
