The Effects of Pragmatic Consciousness--Raising Activities on the Learning of Speech Acts in the Beginning CFL Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Yang, Li; Zhu, Jia
Titel	The Effects of Pragmatic Consciousness--Raising Activities on the Learning of Speech Acts in the Beginning CFL Classroom
Quelle	In: Applied Language Learning, 26 (2016) 2, S.53-68 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-679X
Schlagwörter	Pragmatics; Consciousness Raising; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Teaching Methods; Vocabulary Development; Grammar; Units of Study; Chinese; Introductory Courses; Speech Acts; Undergraduate Students; Oral Language; Interviews; Audio Equipment; Vignettes; Statistical Analysis; Student Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pragmalinguistik; Bewusstseinsbildung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Wortschatzarbeit; Grammatik; Lerneinheit; China; Chinesen; Einführungskurs; Sprechakt; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Audio-CD; Statistische Analyse; Schülerbefragung
Abstract	This study investigates the effects of instruction on learners' pragmatic competence by integrating pragmatic consciousness-raising (PCR) activities into a beginning-level Chinese language course during one academic semester. The study also examines the effect of integrating the PCR activities, i.e., before or after the instruction of a lesson-unit that focuses on vocabulary and grammar. Results show that the integrated approach helps beginning-level learners improve speech act competency, but do not indicate any significant difference in terms of when to incorporate PCR activities into language instruction. This study has implications for teaching pragmatics in a foreign-language instructional setting. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01