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Direct linkTaguchi, Naoko – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
Using the single-group pre-posttest design, this exploratory study examined whether L2 learners of English can learn a speech act by experiencing perlocutionary effects of the act as feedback (observing their interlocutor's reactions to their choice of speech act expressions). Sixty undergraduate English learners at a university in China played a…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning
Taguchi, Naoko; Hirschi, Kevin; Kang, Okim – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2022
This study investigated whether L2 English learners' prosodic properties in speech acts change as they are immersed in the English-speaking academic community over time, and if so, what individual and contextual factors (proficiency, orientation to language study, and target language contact) potentially affect these changes. Forty-seven Japanese…
Descriptors: Intonation, Speech Acts, Suprasegmentals, Phonology
Kim, YouJin; Taguchi, Naoko – Foreign Language Annals, 2016
Previous task complexity studies have suggested that learners produce more negotiation of meaning opportunities during complex tasks than simple tasks (Robinson, 2011). The present study builds on the existing task complexity literature by examining the impact of task complexity and pragmatic situational demands on the number of learning…
Descriptors: Role, Pragmatics, Task Analysis, Asians
Kim, Youjin; Taguchi, Naoko – Modern Language Journal, 2015
Robinson's (2001) Cognition Hypothesis claims that more complex tasks promote interaction and language development. This study examined the effect of task complexity in the learning of request-making expressions. Task complexity was operationalized as [+/- reasoning] following Robinson's framework. The study employed a pretest-posttest research…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Li, Shuai; Taguchi, Naoko – Modern Language Journal, 2014
This study investigated the effects of input-based and output-based practice on the development of accuracy and speed in recognizing and producing request-making forms in L2 Chinese. Fifty American learners of Chinese with intermediate level proficiency were randomly assigned to an input-based training group, an output-based training group, or a…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Linguistic Input, Oral Language
Chunk Learning and the Development of Spoken Discourse in a Japanese as a Foreign Language Classroom
Taguchi, Naoko – Language Teaching Research, 2007
This study examined the development of spoken discourse among L2 learners of Japanese who received extensive practice on grammatical chunks. Participants in this study were 22 college students enrolled in an elementary Japanese course. They received instruction on a set of grammatical chunks in class through communicative drills and the…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Grammar, Drills (Practice), Japanese
