Acquisition of Politeness Markers in an EFL Context: Impact of Input Enhancement and Output Tasks

Autor/inn/en	Tajeddin, Zia; Pezeshki, Maryam
Titel	Acquisition of Politeness Markers in an EFL Context: Impact of Input Enhancement and Output Tasks
Quelle	In: RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 45 (2014) 3, S.269-286 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-6882
DOI	10.1177/0033688214555357
Schlagwörter	English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Pragmatics; Native Speakers; Linguistic Input; Language Usage; Second Language Instruction; Guidelines; Linguistic Theory; Films; Task Analysis; Language Processing; Teaching Methods; Pretests Posttests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Pragmalinguistik; Muttersprachler; Sprachbildung; Sprachgebrauch; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Richtlinien; Linguistische Theorie; Film; Aufgabenanalyse; Sprachverarbeitung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Although politeness markers are frequently used in written and spoken communication, pragmatic studies have not sufficiently explored the instruction of such markers to English as a foreign language (EFL) learners who lack sufficient opportunity to communicate with native speakers to acquire them in the context of use. Ignoring politeness as a subject of instruction could be due to the hypothesis that politeness is ingrained in the culture of its use and hence cannot be taught to EFL learners. To investigate this hypothesis, politeness markers proposed by House and Kasper (1981) in their politeness framework were used as the point of departure to teach these markers to two groups of EFL students using film-driven input-enhancement tasks and output tasks. The results of the study revealed the beneficial effect of teaching politeness markers through the two tasks. Whereas the input-enhancement group improved significantly in their comprehension of politeness markers, the output group manifested more gains in their production of these markers. Findings from this study have implications for interlanguage pragmatic instruction, suggesting that politeness is teachable and that different instructional tasks bring about different effects on the production and comprehension of politeness markers. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10