Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time

Autor/in	Mugford, Gerrard
Titel	Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time
Quelle	In: PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 19 (2017) 2, S.29-39 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1657-0790
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Language Usage; Phrase Structure; Metalinguistics; Pragmatics; Communicative Competence (Languages); Task Analysis; Teaching Methods; Qualitative Research; Advanced Students; Undergraduate Students; Student Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Speech Acts; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Sprachgebrauch; Phrasenstruktur; Metalanguage; Metasprache; Pragmalinguistik; Communicative competence; Languages; Kommunikative Kompetenz; Sprache; Aufgabenanalyse; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Qualitative Forschung; Fortgeschrittener; Schülerverhalten; Ausland; Sprechakt; Mexiko
Abstract	I examine whether teaching formulaic language raises English as a foreign language learners' awareness of pragmatic resources when expressing requests. To carry out this research I adopt a qualitative self-reflective approach which encourages students to use formulaic language when making requests. By responding to discourse completion tasks, learners were given the opportunity to reflect on whether the use of formulaic language enhances their ability to come across in acceptable and appropriate ways. Results indicate that by developing learners' knowledge and via the use of pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic resources, students at all levels have a much greater chance of achieving their communicative objectives and of becoming more pragmatically competent in the target language when making requests. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01