Combined pragmalinguistics- and sociopragmatics-focused input-based instruction (CI) produced significantly better written production of English request hedges than sociopragmatics-focused instruction alone (SI) and a control group¶
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q3 i3 On the discourse completion test, the CI group performed significantly better than both the SI group and the control group. → Takimoto 2014
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Takimoto 2014¶
Takimoto, M. (2014). Evaluating the Effects of Input-based Approaches to the Teaching of Pragmalinguistics and Sociopragmatics in Second Language Pragmatics: A Case of English Request Hedges. The IAFOR Journal of Language Learning, I(I). https://iafor.org/journal-of-language-learning
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Two-way repeated-measures ANOVA of discourse completion test scores for 45 Japanese university learners assigned to CI (n=15), SI (n=15), and control (n=15) intact classes. The article reports a significant main effect for instruction, F (2, 42) = 18.46, p = .000 < .05, with the printed effect size Eta2 = .976, and the quoted post-hoc contrast.
"The post-hoc Scheffé tests for the main effect of treatment indicate the following contrasts: (a) the pragmalinguistics- and sociopragmatics-focused instruction (CI) group performed significantly better than the sociopragmatics-focused instruction (SI) group and the control group"
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Related Claims¶
- Both CI and SI groups significantly outperformed the control group on recognizing English request hedges, with no significant difference between the two treatments — related
- From post-test to delayed post-test the CI group showed further DCT gains while the SI group showed losses — related
- No significant instruction-by-time interaction was found on the discourse completion test — related
- Mini-game-supported controlled L2 practice transfers to written productive use, with higher accuracy on a written discourse completion test — related
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