Pragmatic Comprehension in Japanese as a Foreign Language

Autor/in	Taguchi, Naoko
Titel	Pragmatic Comprehension in Japanese as a Foreign Language
Quelle	In: Modern Language Journal, 92 (2008) 4, S.558-576 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0026-7902
Schlagwörter	Test Format; Scores; Second Language Learning; Japanese; Language Proficiency; Listening Comprehension Tests; Language Processing; Pragmatics; College Students; Item Analysis; Error Analysis (Language) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Testentwicklung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Japaner; Japanisch; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Hörverstehensübung; Sprachverarbeitung; Pragmalinguistik; Collegestudent; Itemanalyse; Error analysis; Language; Fehleranalyse
Abstract	This study developed an original instrument that measures pragmatic comprehension in Japanese as a foreign language (JFL). It examined the ability to comprehend implied meaning encoded in conventional and nonconventional features and the effect of proficiency on comprehension. There were 63 college students of Japanese at 2 proficiency levels who completed a listening test measuring their ability to comprehend 3 types of implied meaning: indirect refusals, conventional indirect opinions, and nonconventional indirect opinions. Comprehension was analyzed for accuracy (scores on a multiple-choice measure) and comprehension speed (average time taken to answer items correctly). There was a significant effect of item type on accuracy but not on comprehension speed. A proficiency effect was observed on accuracy but not on comprehension speed. Analyses of error data and introspective verbal reports revealed the nature of comprehension difficulty among JFL learners. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10