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Zavialova, Alisa – TESL-EJ, 2023
Pragmatic formulas have been recognized as linguistic building blocks necessary for successful speech act performance. Current approaches to speech act teaching overlook pragmatic formulas, promoting an incomplete view of pragmatics instruction. This paper reports on the results of a classroom-based study in which a formula-enhanced treatment…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Phrase Structure, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sykes, Julie M.; Cohen, Andrew D. – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2016
Explicit instruction in strategies for interlanguage pragmatic learning is fundamental to the development of a comprehensive set of pragmatic abilities in the target language. In this article, we begin by providing an overview of previous work in the area of language learner strategies directed at the teaching and learning of pragmatics. We then…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Pragmatics, Interlanguage, Second Language Learning
Schmidt, Richard – 1990
A discussion of the ways that consciousness may be involved in learning the principles of second-language discourse and pragmatics draws on current theories of the role of consciousness in human learning in general, with suggestions for extension to the learning of pragmatics. First, research on the degree of consciousness in pragmatic learning…
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Language Processing, Language Research, Learning Processes
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Douglas, Dan; Selinker, Larry – Language Testing, 1985
Discusses an alternative framework for handling language testing and proposes some tentative hypotheses concerning principles of language testing. Suggests that taking account of both interlanguage domain engagement and contextualization in testing research, production, and interpretation allows for a richer conceptualization of the language…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Interference (Language), Interlanguage, Language Proficiency
Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen – 1996
Discussion of the role of pragmatics research in language teaching looks at the role such research should play in the language classroom, and the role of researcher, teacher, and teacher educator in making that connection. It is noted that pragmatics research has discovered a number of differences in the ways in which first- and second-language…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Contrastive Linguistics, Grammar, Instructional Materials
Jung, Woo-hyun – 1996
A study investigated Koreans' use and misuse of the English passive, from a pragmatic perspective, with attention to the possible source of errors. Subjects were 200 college students at two universities in Korea who were English majors or minors or taking English as an elective course, divided equally between sophomores and juniors. The subjects…
Descriptors: College Students, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Error Analysis (Language)
Bouton, Lawrence F., Ed.; Kachru, Yamuna, Ed. – Pragmatics and Language Learning, 1992
Monographs on pragmatics and language learning include: "Do We All Apologize the Same?--An Empirical Study on the Act of Apologizing by Spanish Speakers Learning English" (Montserrat Mir); "Conversational Openings in Kiswahili: The Pragmatic Performance of Native and Non-Native Speakers" (Alwiya S. Omar); "Experimental and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Cultural Traits