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Çetinavci, Ugur Recep – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2018
This study aims to investigate how Turkish Teacher Trainees of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) interpret implied meanings, which is an integral but lesser-studied component of pragmatic competence. The conduct of the study began with the development of an online multiple-choice discourse completion test (MDCT) through two piloting phases.…
Descriptors: Accuracy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Çetinavci, Ugur Recep; Öztürk, Ismet – Online Submission, 2017
Pragmatic competence is among the explicitly acknowledged sub-competences that make the communicative competence in any language (Bachman & Palmer, 1996; Council of Europe, 2001). Within the notion of pragmatic competence itself, "implicature (implied meanings)" comes to the fore as one of the five main areas there (Levinson, 1983).…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Computer Assisted Testing, Communicative Competence (Languages), Second Language Instruction