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ERIC Number: EJ552195
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1041-679X
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Pedagogical Intervention and Pragmatic Competence Development.
LoCastro, Virginia
Applied Language Learning, v8 n1 p75-109 1997
Investigates the extent to which pedagogical intervention can facilitate the development of pragmatic competence in English. First-year Japanese students were tape recorded in group discussions at the beginning and end of a course in which attempts were made to increase their level of awareness of, and expand their ability to use, markers of politeness in English. (37 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Case Studies, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Intensive Language Courses, Interpersonal Competence, Pragmatics, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Speech Acts, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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