Making Requests By Chinese Efl Learners

Author : Vincent X. Wang
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027286802

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Making Requests by Chinese EFL Learners by Vincent X. Wang Pdf

Requests, a speech act people frequently use to perform everyday social interactions, have attracted particular attention in politeness theories, pragmatics, and second language acquisition. This book looks at request behaviours in a significant EFL population – Chinese-speaking learners of English. It will draw on recent literature, such as politeness theories and cognitive models for interlanguage pragmatics development, as well as placing special emphasis on situational context and formulaic language to provide a more fine-grained investigation. A range of request scenarios has been specifically designed for this project, from common service encounters to highly face-threatening situations such as borrowing money and asking a favour of police officer. Our findings on Chinese-style pragmatic behaviours and patterns of pragmatic development will be of value to cross-cultural pragmatics researchers, TESOL professionals, and university students with an interest in this area of study.

Author : Cynthia Lee
Publisher : Springer
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811089800

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Researching and Teaching Second Language Speech Acts in the Chinese Context by Cynthia Lee Pdf

This book contributes to the literature of interlanguage pragmatics by building an interface between researching and teaching speech acts in the Chinese context. It is written for researchers, language educators, classroom teachers and readers who are interested in interlanguage pragmatics research, acquisition and teaching, with particular reference to speech acts performed by Chinese learners of English, and their relationships with the learners’ first language and cultural concepts. It provides a more advanced understanding of the production and development of speech acts of Chinese learners of English from the cross-linguistic, cross-cultural, L1 and L2 developmental perspectives, drawing on relevant second language acquisition theoretical frameworks. It also recommends research-informed pedagogies that are applicable to other learners of English.

Author : Yuan-shan Chen,Der-Hwa Victoria Rau,Gerald Rau
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789812878885

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Email Discourse Among Chinese Using English as a Lingua Franca by Yuan-shan Chen,Der-Hwa Victoria Rau,Gerald Rau Pdf

This edited volume makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning research field of English as a lingua franca. In a pioneering step, the collection is exclusively devoted to the English email discourse of Chinese speakers. The studies address innovative topics related to various contexts and relationships, using several different approaches and theories, which taken together shed light on how English serves as a lingua franca in multiple types of global written communication. The research topics presented are organized into four thematic sections, including emails from students to professors, emails from students to the international academic community, emails from peer to peer, and emails at the workplace. This collection of empirical research invites readers to consider the special features of apologies, requests, terms of address, politeness, and discourse organization, and how cultural differences may affect the use or interpretation of each. Throughout the book, readers will also discover how Chinese speakers use special features and strategies to construct their identity, establish relationships, and achieve successful communication in English. This highly informative, thought-provoking book also provides insights on methods for teaching email discourse using English as a lingua franca and suggests directions for future research.

Author : Nicola Halenko,Jiayi Wang
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781108841528

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Pragmatics in English Language Learning by Nicola Halenko,Jiayi Wang Pdf

This volume examines the second language pragmatic development of international learners of English inside and outside the classroom.

Author : Wei Li
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027264176

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Pragmatic Transfer and Development by Wei Li Pdf

Email has become a ubiquitous medium of communication. It is used amongst people from the same speech community, but also between people from different language and cultural backgrounds. When people communicate, they tend to follow rules of speaking in their native language, termed by scholars as pragmatic transfer, which may cause misunderstandings and lead to cross-cultural communication breakdown. This book examines pragmatic transfer by Chinese learners of English at different proficiency levels when writing email requests and refusals. To meet the need for developmental research in L2 pragmatics, it also explores whether pragmatic transfer increases or decreases as language proficiency improves. This book will appeal to researchers and students in interlanguage and intercultural pragmatics, second language acquisition, English as a second/foreign language, and intercultural communication.

Author : Shuai Li
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800410220

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Pragmatics of Chinese as a Second Language by Shuai Li Pdf

This book brings together a collection of high-quality empirical studies which examine multiple aspects involved in the acquisition, teaching and assessment of pragmatics in Chinese as a second language (L2). The studies collectively address some of the most cutting-edge issues in the field of L2 pragmatics, such as the acquisition of key pragmatic features, methodological innovations in pragmatics assessment, individual difference factors and virtual learning contexts. The majority of the chapters include detailed descriptions of the instruments used and additional material in the appendices, making it a truly valuable collection for researchers and students alike. Furthermore, the publication includes the most comprehensive, state-of-the-art review of empirical research in L2 Chinese pragmatics published bilingually (in English and Chinese) between 1995 and 2022, along with a supplemental annotated bibliography. While the empirical studies all focus on Chinese as the target language, the issues they address have implications for L2 pragmatics research in general and this book will appeal to those interested in the latest developments in the field.

Author : Wei Li
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : English language
ISBN : 9027200637

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Pragmatic Transfer and Development by Wei Li Pdf

This book examines pragmatic transfer by Chinese learners of English at different proficiency levels when writing email requests and refusals.

Author : Mable Chan,Alessandro G. Benati
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811653322

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Challenges Encountered by Chinese ESL Learners by Mable Chan,Alessandro G. Benati Pdf

This book provides a blended approach in outlining the properties of grammatical knowledge that have been causing difficulty to Chinese speaking learners, including tense and aspect, articles, passives, unaccusatives, plurality and motion verbs. It explains from different linguistics perspectives how these constraints/difficulties might be dealt with. It also offers readers a comprehensive account of these problems, and outlines the possible pedagogical solutions teachers can try in the classroom. These topics are selected because they bring substantial challenges and difficulties to Chinese English as a Second Language (ESL) learners. This book bridges the gap between acquisition theory and language pedagogy research, benefiting not just language learners but language teachers around the world, and all those who would like to witness collaboration between second language acquisition theory and second language teaching practice in general. It initiates future work in which researchers from different fields with diverging theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches will be able to develop studies that are compatible with each other. This overall can facilitate our understanding of second language acquisition, and how instruction might help.

Author : Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig,J. Cesar Felix-Brasdefer,Alwiya Saleh Omar
Publisher : National Foreign Langauge Resource Center
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0824831373

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Pragmatics & Language Learning, Volume 11 by Kathleen Bardovi-Harlig,J. Cesar Felix-Brasdefer,Alwiya Saleh Omar Pdf

"This volume features cutting-edge research on L2 pragmatics from a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches. It offers fresh perspectives on standard topics such as the use and learning of speech acts and the pragmatic meanings of linguistic resources, and the effect of planned intervention on pragmatic development in language instruction. The chapters also document researchers' increasing attention to different forms of computer-mediated communication as environments for using and developing L2 pragmatic competence, and of conversation analysis as an approach to different aspects of interaction in a variety of settings."--Publisher's website (nflrc.hawaii.edu/).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 764 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : English language
ISBN : NWU:35556032892093

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RELC Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Insup Taylor
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:39015017743108

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Psycholinguistics by Insup Taylor Pdf

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Author : Chaweewon Wongwarangkul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : English language
ISBN : MSU:31293021021724

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Analysis of the Nature of Interlanguage Pragmatics in Choice Making for Requesting Strategies by Thai EFL Learners by Chaweewon Wongwarangkul Pdf

Author : Peter Yongqi Gu
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : English language
ISBN : 9812104143

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Vocabulary Learning Strategies in the Chinese EFL Context by Peter Yongqi Gu Pdf

Learners and teachers of a foreign language instinctively know how important vocabulary learning strategies are. This is especially true in China where the sheer number of English words that need to be learned has become a stumbling block for millions who struggle to learn English. This volume attempts to illustrate the various strategies used in China to help students learn vocabulary. The ultimate purpose of learner strategies research is to make a difference in learning and teaching. Although this book is about vocabulary learning strategies in the mainland Chinese context, much of what is discovered should be relevant to researchers, teachers, and learners in other parts of the world as well.

Author : Liming Deng,Qiujin Chen,Yanyan Zhang
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3642548466

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Developing Chinese Efl Learners' Generic Competence by Liming Deng,Qiujin Chen,Yanyan Zhang Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic journals
ISBN : UOM:39015066179113

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Pragmatics by Anonim Pdf