Assessing Pragmatics: DCTS and Retrospective Verbal Reports

Autor/in	Beltrán-Palanques, Vicente
Titel	Assessing Pragmatics: DCTS and Retrospective Verbal Reports
Quelle	(2016), (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Pragmatics; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Trust (Psychology); Research Methodology; Task Analysis; Cognitive Processes; English (Second Language); Verbal Communication; Speech Acts; Evaluation Methods; Online Courses; Adult Students; Questionnaires; Student Characteristics; Social Status; Social Distance; Protocol Analysis; Spanish; Romance Languages; Language Usage; Bilingualism; Student Evaluation; Foreign Countries; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pragmalinguistik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Aufgabenanalyse; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Sprechakt; Online course; Online-Kurs; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Fragebogen; Sozialer Status; Spanisch; Romanische Sprache; Sprachgebrauch; Bilingualismus; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	Assessing pragmatic knowledge in the instructed setting is seen as a complex but necessary task, which requires the design of appropriate research methodologies to examine pragmatic performance. This study discusses the use of two different research methodologies, namely those of Discourse Completion Tests/Tasks (DCTs) and verbal reports. Research has shown that the use of DCTs in combination with verbal reports can increase the trustworthiness of the results (Félix-Brasdefer, 2010). Hence, taking into account the potential of verbal reports, the present study aims to investigate the cognitive processes undertaken by a group of English language learners as regards their pragmatic performance. Findings regarding the value of retrospective verbal reports are discussed together with practical recommendations for the use of DCTs and verbal reports to assess speech act performance in the instructed setting. [For the complete volume, "New Perspectives on Teaching and Working with Languages in the Digital Era," see ED565799.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01