The Effect of L2 Proficiency and Study-Abroad Experience on Pragmatic Comprehension

Autor/in	Taguchi, Naoko
Titel	The Effect of L2 Proficiency and Study-Abroad Experience on Pragmatic Comprehension
Quelle	In: Language Learning, 61 (2011) 3, S.904-939 (36 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0023-8333
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-9922.2011.00633.x
Schlagwörter	Listening Comprehension Tests; English (Second Language); Pragmatics; Second Language Learning; Study Abroad; Japanese; Native Speakers; Case Studies; Language Proficiency; College Students; Scores; Language Processing; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hörverstehensübung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Pragmalinguistik; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Japaner; Japanisch; Muttersprachler; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Collegestudent; Sprachverarbeitung
Abstract	This cross-sectional study examined the effect of general proficiency and study-abroad experience on pragmatic comprehension in second-language English. Participants were 25 native English speakers and 64 Japanese college students of English divided into three groups. Group 1 (n = 22) had lower proficiency and no study-abroad experience. Group 2 (n = 20) and Group 3 (n = 22) had higher proficiency than Group 1 but differed in their study-abroad experience. Group 2 had no study-abroad experience, but Group 3 had a minimum of 1 year of study-abroad experience in an English-speaking country. They completed a pragmatic listening test measuring their ability to comprehend conventional and nonconventional implicatures. Group performance was compared for the comprehension accuracy scores and response times. There was a significant effect of proficiency on response times but no effect of study-abroad experience. Comprehension accuracy scores revealed mixed findings. It was advantageous for students to have study-abroad experience in the comprehension of nonconventional implicatures and routine expressions but not in indirect refusals. (As Provided).
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