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Longitudinal L2 Development in the Prosodic Marking of Pragmatic Meaning: Prosodic Changes in L2 Speech Acts and Individual Factors
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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
Practice Is Important but How about Its Quality?: Contextualized Practice in the Classroom
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Sato, Masatoshi; McDonough, Kim – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2019
This study explored the impact of contextualized practice on second language (L2) learners' production of wh-questions in the L2 classroom. It examined the quality of practice (correct vs. incorrect production) and the contribution of declarative knowledge to proceduralization. Thirty-four university-level English as a foreign language learners…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Questioning Techniques, English (Second Language)
The Role of Learning Environment in the Development of Pragmatic Comprehension: A Comparison of Gains between EFL and ESL Learners
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Taguchi, Naoko – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2008
This study examines the role of environment in the development of pragmatic comprehension. It tracks two groups of Japanese students of English: 60 students in a college in Japan (English as a foreign language [EFL] learners) and 57 students in a college in the United States (English as a second language [ESL] learners). The learners completed a…
Descriptors: Effect Size, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Pragmatics