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Svare, Ragnar – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation sheds light on how learners of German, NSs of German, and Americans unfamiliar with German reach decisions about the nature of speech acts that they witness NSs of German perform in three authentic video clips. It also aims to gain a better understanding of what sources members of the three groups bring to bear when they attempt…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, German, Speech Acts, Cues
Meyr, Justine Meyr – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Scholars and educators have described participation in target language (TL) communities as one of the primary aims of language learning, holding a fundamental position in ACTFL's (2011) "Standards." Limited work has been conducted to describe how students participate in and gain access to these TL communities through various forms of…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, College Students