Instruction and Pragmatic Change during Study Abroad Email Communication

Autor/in	Alcón-Soler, Eva
Titel	Instruction and Pragmatic Change during Study Abroad Email Communication
Quelle	In: Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 9 (2015) 1, S.34-45 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-1229
DOI	10.1080/17501229.2014.995763
Schlagwörter	Study Abroad; Electronic Mail; Computer Mediated Communication; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Pragmatics; Knowledge Level; Foreign Students; Foreign Countries; Late Adolescents; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Pretests Posttests; Likert Scales; Experimental Groups; Control Groups; Spain; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Computerkonferenz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Pragmalinguistik; Wissensbasis; Ausland; Halbstarker; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Likert-Skala; Spanien
Abstract	The study deals with the effect of instruction and study abroad (SA) on pragmatic knowledge. More specifically, the focus is on gains in explicit knowledge of request mitigators, and whether learners draw on this knowledge when they perform email requests. Email requests produced by 60 Spanish students staying abroad (30 treatment/30 control group) were analysed as regards the frequency of internal mitigators on four separate occasions. Findings from the present study show that as length of SA increases participants compare explicit knowledge gained from pragmatic instruction with what happens in real email communication. As a result, although individual variation is observed, we notice a general pattern towards a decrease in the use of request mitigators and towards accepted patterns of email interaction in the community in which students find themselves. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01