Factors behind L2 English learners’ performance of oppositional speech acts: a look at pragmatic-related episodes (PREs) during thinking aloud

IF 1.4 2区文学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Iral-International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching Pub Date : 2023-05-30 DOI:10.1515/iral-2022-0213

Dae-Min Kang

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Abstract The current study looked at the influence of different L1s, different proficiency levels, and other factors on the think-alouds in connection with oppositional speech acts by eighty tertiary-level Korean and Chinese learners of L2 English at two proficiency levels. The research instruments consisted of think-aloud protocols elicited during the learners’ production of written oppositional speech acts in the form of responses to the other learners’ essays, questionnaires, and focus group interviews. In particular, in the think-aloud protocols the number and content of pragmatic-related episodes (PREs) were identified. The results indicated that proficiency level, but not L1, significantly impacted the learners’ think-alouds. Other factors were revealed to include intensification of claims, focus on face issues, pragmatic transfer, and insufficient syntactic/semantic knowledge. These factors related to the sub-categories of the PREs involving ‘lexical upgrading’ and ‘external downgrading’.

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二语学习者对立言语行为背后的因素:对大声思考过程中语用相关事件的观察

摘要本研究观察了80名韩国和中国三级二语英语学习者在两个水平上不同的母语、不同的熟练程度和其他因素对与对立言语行为有关的思维行为的影响。研究工具包括在学习者以对其他学习者的文章、问卷和焦点小组访谈的形式产生书面对立言语行为时引发的大声思考协议。特别是，在大声思考协议中，语用相关事件（PRE）的数量和内容被确定。研究结果表明，母语水平对学习者的思维能力有显著影响，而母语水平对学生的思维能力没有显著影响。其他因素包括索赔的强化、对面子问题的关注、语用迁移和句法/语义知识不足。这些因素与PRE的子类别有关，包括“词汇升级”和“外部降级”。

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期刊介绍： International Review of Applied Linguistics in Language Teaching is devoted to problems of general and applied linguistics in their various forms.