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Instructional Effects on L2 Pragmatic Comprehension: The Case of Indirect Refusals and Indirect Opinions
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Thuy Nguyen, Minh Thi; Pham, Thuy Thi Thanh – Language Learning Journal, 2022
The current study examines the role of instruction in developing L2 learners' ability to comprehend two types of implicatures: indirect refusals and indirect opinions. According to Taguchi (2005), these implicatures differ in the degrees of conventionality involved in producing them, hence requiring different degrees of processing effort on the…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Metapragmatic Instruction (6Rs) versus Input-Based Practice: A Comparison of Their Effects on Pragmatic Accuracy and Speed in the Recognition and Oral Production of English Refusals
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Shirinbakhsh, Salva; Rasekh, Abbass Eslami; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Language Learning Journal, 2018
Recent findings in the field of pragmatics have revealed that pragmatic accuracy (knowledge) and pragmatic speed (processing ability) function as two distinct and non-parallel components of pragmatic competence. Anderson's adaptive control of thought--rational (ACT-R) model, which emphasises the development of skill through repeated practice,…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction