Learner Proficiency and Pragmatic-Related Episodes during Collaborative Tasks

  • سال انتشار: 1397
  • محل انتشار: ششمین کنفرانس بین المللی پژوهشهای کاربردی در مطالعات زبان
  • کد COI اختصاصی: ELSCONF06_203
  • زبان مقاله: انگلیسی
  • تعداد مشاهده: 497
دانلود فایل این مقاله

نویسندگان

Zahra Fakher Ajabshir

Bonab University, East Azarbaijan, Iran

چکیده

Collaborative dialogue proposed by Swain (2000) has been grounded on co-construction of knowledge by L2learners drawing upon their shared resources. Thus far, most of the studies on collaborative dialogue havefocused on micro-level grammatical and lexical aspects, and they have rarely focused on discoursal andpragmatic macro-level aspects. The current study investigates the collaborative dialogue produced by IranianEFL learners during collaborative tasks on L2 pragmatics. The purpose was to identify the effect of collaborativedialogue on acquisition of request and apology speech acts. Moreover, the study explored whether the frequencyand resolution of pragmatic-related episodes (PRE) s during collaborative problem-solving tasks differed acrossHigh-High, High-Low and Low-Low dyads. The participants were 89 EFL learners who were assigned to High-High, High-Low and Low-Low dyads based on their L2 pragmatic proficiency. The dyads were engaged incollaborative problem-solving tasks for seven sessions during which samples of their collaborative dialogueswere audio recorded and analyzed in terms of the frequency and outcome of PREs. Findings revealed the positiveeffect of collaborative dialogue on development of L2 pragmatics in all dyads. Also, H-H dyads were found toproduce PREs more frequently than H-L and L-L dyads. Regarding the outcome of PREs, H-H dyads resolvedmost of PREs correctly while the number of incorrectly solved episodes was roughly similar in production of HLand L-L dyads. The findings offer pedagogical implications to EFL teachers and educators on how to best pairlearners in collaborative activities.

کلیدواژه ها

Collaborative Dialogue, Pragmatic-Related Episode (PRE), L2 Pragmatic Competence, Proficiency Pairing, Sociocultural Theory (SCT)

مقالات مرتبط جدید

اطلاعات بیشتر در مورد COI

COI مخفف عبارت CIVILICA Object Identifier به معنی شناسه سیویلیکا برای اسناد است. COI کدی است که مطابق محل انتشار، به مقالات کنفرانسها و ژورنالهای داخل کشور به هنگام نمایه سازی بر روی پایگاه استنادی سیویلیکا اختصاص می یابد.

کد COI به مفهوم کد ملی اسناد نمایه شده در سیویلیکا است و کدی یکتا و ثابت است و به همین دلیل همواره قابلیت استناد و پیگیری دارد.