ERIC Number: EJ1255710
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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Questionnaire Development and Validation of Interlanguage Pragmatic Instructional Approaches & Techniques in EFL Contexts
Farashaiyan, Atieh; Sahragard, Rahman; Muthusamy, Paramasivam; Muniandy, Rajantheran
International Journal of Higher Education, v9 n2 p330-342 2020
The present study is an attempt to describe the development and validation of an inter-language pragmatic questionnaire to examine the kind of instructional approaches and techniques that EFL teachers use to practice the pragmatic features in their classes. The research made use of two theories; cognitive processing and language socialization theories. The participants include 366 EFL Iranian instructors. The methodology part consists of two parts; instrument development and validation. Based on the exploratory factor analysis, 31 items including five separate factors emerged: pragmatic awareness-raising techniques, pragmatic communicative practice technique, pragmatic corrective feedback technique, culture teaching techniques and pragmatic instructional approaches. Therefore, a questionnaire including 31 items was developed which followed the 5-point Likert technique of scale construction where 1 shows "Never" and 5 denotes "Always". The reliability and factorial validity of the questionnaire are also illustrated. Finally, the potential theoretical and practical implications of the study are discussed.
Descriptors: Interlanguage, Pragmatics, Feedback (Response), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Socialization, Cognitive Processes, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Factor Analysis, Validity, Metalinguistics, Communicative Competence (Languages), Error Correction, Item Analysis, Reliability, Linguistic Theory
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Identifiers - Location: Iran
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