Participants perceived the PCR class as beneficial in four areas: awareness of social factors, indirect strategies, nonverbal communication, and a motivating atmosphere¶

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q1 i? Semi-structured interview analysis with twelve participants identified four perceived benefit areas of the PCR class. → Noonkong et al. 2017

Evidence¶

Noonkong et al. 2017¶

Uraiwan Rattanapan Noonkong, Anamai Damnet, Kanjana Charttrakul. (2017). Enhancing Thai Engineering Students’ Complaints and Apologies through Pragmatic Consciousness-Raising Approach (PCR). Advances in Language and Literary Studies. https://doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.8n.6p.92

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Qualitative analysis using Grounded Theory's color coding of semi-structured interviews with twelve participants; the article reports the four benefit areas in the participants' perceptions of the innovative class.

"Furthermore, participants perceived the PCR class to be beneficial in four areas: having more awareness of the impacts of social factors in language use, realizing the favor of indirect strategies, more understanding of nonverbal communication, and provision of motivating class atmosphere."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Social Awareness and Relationship Skills — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• After PCR instruction, apology WDCT scores improved significantly on some criteria but not on politeness in either scenario — related
• Twelve sessions of PCR instruction significantly improved Thai engineering students' WDCT performance on complaints across all four criteria in both scenarios — related
• Participants raised three concerns about the PCR class: low confidence to use learned expressions in real communication, insufficient grammar development, and doubts about roleplay tests — related
• Students in the situated learning environment reported mostly positive perceptions, including improved communication, pronunciation, learning, and motivation — related