Five weeks of instruction in pragmatic routines significantly improved EFL learners' pragmatic competence relative to a control group¶
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q2 i2 Treatment groups outperformed the control group on the post-test of pragmatic routines (U=103.5, p=.000), with a large effect size (d=0.7), while pre-test differences were not significant. → Üstünbaş 2017
Evidence¶
Üstünbaş 2017¶
Üstünbaş, Ü. (2017). Language Learners' Feelings about Pragmatics in Action. Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 11(2), 155-168. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/novitasroyal
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Quasi-experimental comparison of pooled treatment groups (N=38 explicit, N=35 implicit) against a control group (N=35) using the Mann-Whitney U test on VKS-based pre- and post-test scores; the article reports the post-test difference "had a large effect size (d=0.7)".
"there was no statistically significant difference between treatment and control groups in the pre-test (U=1188.5, p=.55) which had a small effect size according to Cohen's d (1988), there was a statistically significant difference between treatment and control groups in the post- test (U=103.5, p=.000) which had a large effect size (d=0.7)."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Oral Language — outcome: instruction changes it
Related Claims¶
- Explicit teaching of pragmatic routines was more effective than implicit teaching, with implicit-group scores decreasing from pre- to post-test — related
- Learners reflected positively on pragmatic routine instruction, and most wanted more routines taught — related
- Pragmatic routine instruction showed no effect on learners' spoken production three weeks into treatment — reports the opposite
- Treatment groups also significantly outperformed controls on categorizing pragmatic routines by function, with a medium effect size — related
- Prompts raised learners' pragmatic awareness of refusals more than explicit feedback or control after a 10-week treatment — related
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