A Meta-Analytic Study of Instructed Second Language Pragmatics: A Case of the Speech Act of Request

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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2021-04-01 DOI:10.22055/RALS.2021.16722

Ali Derakhshan, Farzaneh Shakki

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Abstract

Research on the effectiveness of request instruction in L2 pragmatics has been extensive, yet inconclusive. The present meta-analysis aims not only to provide a quantitative and reliable measure of the effects of instruction for the speech act of request in Iran, but also to illustrate a description of the relationship between some variables that moderate its effectiveness (age, gender, proficiency level, treatment type, research design, and data collection procedure). To do so, a total of 37 studies were retrieved and by establishing a set of different inclusion/exclusion criteria, 17 primary studies were coded and analyzed. Results revealed that (1) there is an overall large effect size on the effectiveness of the instruction of request (g = 1.48) in an Iranian context; (2) some variables were found to be a moderator for this effectiveness like gender and treatment type; (3) considering gender, the male group produced a larger effect size (g = 3.09) than the female one (g = 1.10); (4) and regarding treatment types, the explicit group yielded a larger effect size (g = 1.53) than the implicit one (g = 1.20). A thorough interpretation of the results, as well as a discussion of practical, theoretical, and methodological implications of this study, is provided to tackle a number of conundrums surrounding the instruction of request and shed light on how to reorient future research.

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第二语言教学语用的元分析研究——以请求言语行为为例

关于请求指令在二语用学中的有效性的研究一直很广泛，但尚无定论。本荟萃分析的目的不仅是为伊朗言语请求行为的教学效果提供定量和可靠的测量，而且还说明了调节其效果的一些变量(年龄、性别、熟练程度、治疗类型、研究设计和数据收集程序)之间关系的描述。为此，共检索了37项研究，并通过建立一套不同的纳入/排除标准，对17项主要研究进行了编码和分析。结果表明:(1)在伊朗情境下，请求指令的有效性总体上存在较大的效应量(g = 1.48);(2)性别、治疗类型等变量对治疗效果有调节作用;(3)考虑性别，男性组的效应量(g = 3.09)大于女性组(g = 1.10);(4)在治疗类型上，显式组的效应量(g = 1.53)大于隐式组(g = 1.20)。本文对研究结果进行了全面的解释，并对该研究的实践、理论和方法意义进行了讨论，以解决围绕请求指令的一些难题，并为如何重新定位未来的研究提供了线索。

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Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-

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期刊介绍： The growth of Applied Linguistics as a separate discipline is a success story of the 1950s. The field has developed in many parts of the world and is clearly destined to continue developing well into the twenty-first century. Being concerned with pragmatically motivated study of language in social and cultural settings, Applied Linguistics brings together work in a wide array of fields, including linguistics, literary studies, history, anthropology, psychology, sociology, and economics. The purpose of Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics is to contribute to the development of the field, reflect the breadth of work in Applied Linguistics, and enable readers to share in the exciting new developments that are taking place at the present time. Journal of Research in Applied Linguistics (RALs) invites all Iranian and foreign linguists, applied linguists, and teaching practitioners to contribute to the journal by submitting papers under the following main headings: Applied Linguistics Literary Studies Translation Studies.