Classroom Pragmatics Skills: Investigating Adolescents Learning English as a Second Language.

Brice, Alejandro; Absalom, Doug

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Publication Date: 1996

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Classroom Pragmatics Skills: Investigating Adolescents Learning English as a Second Language.

Brice, Alejandro; Absalom, Doug

Journal of Children's Communication Development, v18 n2 p19-29 Fall-Win 1996

A study compared the pragmatic performance, using the Adolescent Pragmatics Screening Scale, between two groups of students (n=14) who had been enrolled in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes for varying lengths of time. Results yielded information about the rate at which Latino bilingual students' English pragmatic skills emerged. (Author/CR)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingual Students, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency, Language Skills, Minority Group Children, Pragmatics, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Spanish Speaking, Student Evaluation

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires

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Language: English

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