Assessing Mandarin Chinese Students' Interlanguage Pragmatic Competence at the DLIFLC: Results and Pedagogical Implications

Autor/inn/en	Cheng, Yonghong; Wang, Yan; Chen, Wei
Titel	Assessing Mandarin Chinese Students' Interlanguage Pragmatic Competence at the DLIFLC: Results and Pedagogical Implications
Quelle	In: Applied Language Learning, 32 (2022) 1, S.22-39 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1041-679X
Schlagwörter	Mandarin Chinese; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Pragmatics; Educational Change; Material Development; Cultural Awareness; Teaching Methods; Instructional Effectiveness; Speech Acts; Phrase Structure; Multiple Choice Tests; Language Tests; Language Proficiency; Military Personnel; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Pragmalinguistik; Bildungsreform; Lehrmaterialentwicklung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtserfolg; Sprechakt; Phrasenstruktur; Multiple choice examinations; Multiple-choice tests, Multiple-choice examinations; Multiple-Choice-Verfahren; Language test; Sprachtest; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Kalifornien
Abstract	Language instruction at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC), as it does at colleges and universities, focuses on developing linguistic competence. There is no textbook or teaching materials that explicitly and systematically teach students the pragmatic knowledge of the target language. Such knowledge is either introduced by teachers sporadically or learned by students themselves. The current study reports the reality of the Chinese students' interlanguage pragmatic competence by administering a survey questionnaire with 50 situational scenarios that measure interlanguage pragmatic competence (ILP) on Requests, Apologies, Refusals, Compliments, Thanksgivings, Conversational Implicatures, and Formulaic Routines. The survey results demonstrate the students' current level of the pragmatic competence in Chinese language and culture and provide formation for future curriculum revision and material development. The study also explores possible and effective approaches to teaching culture and pragmatics in classrooms at the DLIFLC. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center. Academic Journals, 1759 Lewis Road Suite 142, Presidio of Monterey, Monterey, CA 93944-5006. Tel: 831-242-5638; Fax: 831-242-5850; e-mail: aj@pom-emh1.army.mil; Website: http://www.dliflc.edu/#homepage-
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/4/11