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題名 The Effects of Instruction on Chinese University Students’ Productions of Complaint Behaviors in American English
作者 Chen, Yuan-Shan
Chen, Chun-Yin Doris
關鍵詞 complaint ; interlanguage pragmatics ; discourse completion test
日期 2010-03
上傳時間 9-May-2018 10:03:32 (UTC+8)
摘要 This paper reports on efficacy of instruction in L2 complaints in an EFL classroom. There were eighty participants in this study, with two native groups (American and Chinese) serving as baseline groups, and two Chinese learner groups (high and low-proficiency) as experimental groups. The learners were asked to engage in pre- and post-DCT tasks, and their performances were then compared to the American and Chinese native-speaker productions to see if there were deviations from the native norm and if such deviations were a result of L1 transfer. The findings show that L1 transfer is closely related to L2 proficiency and that explicit instruction in semantic formulas, semantic content, and linguistic forms is beneficial to learners. We therefore conclude that instruction in L2 pragmatics should be implemented in an EFL classroom to enhance learners` pragmatic competence.
關聯 Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 7(1),29-65
臺灣英語教學期刊
資料類型 article
dc.creator (作者) Chen, Yuan-Shanen_US
dc.creator (作者) Chen, Chun-Yin Dorisen_US
dc.date (日期) 2010-03-
dc.date.accessioned 9-May-2018 10:03:32 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 9-May-2018 10:03:32 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 9-May-2018 10:03:32 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/117114-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) This paper reports on efficacy of instruction in L2 complaints in an EFL classroom. There were eighty participants in this study, with two native groups (American and Chinese) serving as baseline groups, and two Chinese learner groups (high and low-proficiency) as experimental groups. The learners were asked to engage in pre- and post-DCT tasks, and their performances were then compared to the American and Chinese native-speaker productions to see if there were deviations from the native norm and if such deviations were a result of L1 transfer. The findings show that L1 transfer is closely related to L2 proficiency and that explicit instruction in semantic formulas, semantic content, and linguistic forms is beneficial to learners. We therefore conclude that instruction in L2 pragmatics should be implemented in an EFL classroom to enhance learners` pragmatic competence.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Taiwan Journal of TESOL, 7(1),29-65-
dc.relation (關聯) 臺灣英語教學期刊-
dc.subject (關鍵詞) complaint ; interlanguage pragmatics ; discourse completion testen_US
dc.title (題名) The Effects of Instruction on Chinese University Students’ Productions of Complaint Behaviors in American Englishen_US
dc.type (資料類型) article-