The authors interpret their results as showing that explicit metapragmatic instruction provides input enhancement that facilitates interlanguage pragmatic development¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? The authors attribute the gains to input enhancement raising learners' awareness of input features combined with productive classroom activities. → Masouleh et al. 2014

Evidence¶

Masouleh et al. 2014¶

Fatemeh Abdollahizadeh Masouleh, Masoumeh Arjmandi, Fereydoon Vahdany. (2014). The Effect of Explicit Metapragmatic Instruction on Request Speech Act Awareness of Intermediate EFL Students at Institute Level. Universal Journal of Educational Research 2(7): 504-511. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2014.020702

q1 · i? · causal · r2

Authors' interpretation in the Discussions section, not a separately tested result; the article offers this mechanism account alongside its experimental findings without an additional test of the mechanism.

"explicit metapragmatic instruction by providing input enhancement in the L2 classroom, raising L2 students' awareness about the input features, and entangling them in productive class activities and language use precipitated and facilitated interlanguage pragmatic development to a considerable degree."

Discussion¶

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