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Article: The effects of deductive instruction and inductive instruction on learners’ development of pragmatic competence in the teaching of Chinese as a second language
Title | The effects of deductive instruction and inductive instruction on learners’ development of pragmatic competence in the teaching of Chinese as a second language |
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Keywords | Pragmatic instruction Pragmatic competence CSL The speech act of request |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/system |
Citation | System, 2017, v. 70, p. 26-37 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Pragmatic competence determines one's overall communicative competence and can be developed through pedagogical interventions. The existing literature generally agrees on the effectiveness of explicit instruction in the development of pragmatic competence, but diverges on when and how explicit knowledge is best provided, and when and how pragmatic input may be most effectively presented. This study adds to the existing literature by comparing the effectiveness of two types of pragmatic instruction – deductive instruction and inductive instruction – via self-access websites in developing Chinese as a second language (CSL) learners' pragmatic competence in the speech act of request. Forty-two intermediate-level CSL learners were randomly assigned to the two treatment conditions, and their performance in open-ended discourse completion tasks (DCT) was compared across the two groups. The study found a significantly greater effect of the inductive approach on learners' DCT performance in both the immediate and delayed posttest. This suggests that inductive instruction might be more effective in teaching the speech act of request in CSL. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278294 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 4.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.075 |
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dc.contributor.author | Qi, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lai, C | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-04T08:11:13Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-04T08:11:13Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | System, 2017, v. 70, p. 26-37 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0346-251X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278294 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Pragmatic competence determines one's overall communicative competence and can be developed through pedagogical interventions. The existing literature generally agrees on the effectiveness of explicit instruction in the development of pragmatic competence, but diverges on when and how explicit knowledge is best provided, and when and how pragmatic input may be most effectively presented. This study adds to the existing literature by comparing the effectiveness of two types of pragmatic instruction – deductive instruction and inductive instruction – via self-access websites in developing Chinese as a second language (CSL) learners' pragmatic competence in the speech act of request. Forty-two intermediate-level CSL learners were randomly assigned to the two treatment conditions, and their performance in open-ended discourse completion tasks (DCT) was compared across the two groups. The study found a significantly greater effect of the inductive approach on learners' DCT performance in both the immediate and delayed posttest. This suggests that inductive instruction might be more effective in teaching the speech act of request in CSL. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/system | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | System | - |
dc.subject | Pragmatic instruction | - |
dc.subject | Pragmatic competence | - |
dc.subject | CSL | - |
dc.subject | The speech act of request | - |
dc.title | The effects of deductive instruction and inductive instruction on learners’ development of pragmatic competence in the teaching of Chinese as a second language | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lai, C: laichun@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lai, C=rp00916 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.system.2017.08.011 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85031729566 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 306569 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 70 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 26 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 37 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000412685700003 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0346-251X | - |