Motivation, amount of interaction, length of residence and ESL learnersâ pragmatic competence
This study examined how motivation for learning English, the amount of contact with English, and length of residence in the target language area affects Korean graduate studentsâ English pragmatic skills. The study attempted to account for differential pragmatic development among 50 graduate-level K...
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| description | This study examined how motivation for learning English, the amount of contact with English, and length of residence in the target language area affects Korean graduate studentsâ English pragmatic skills. The study attempted to account for differential pragmatic development among 50 graduate-level Korean students in relation to individual factors mentioned above. The data were collected using three types of elicitation instruments: a written background questionnaire, a discourse completion test, and the mini-Attitude/Motivation Test Battery. Descriptive and inferential statistics (correlation coefficients, and multiple regressions) were used to analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed that (a) the level of motivation had a positive and moderate relationship with the ESL learnersâ L2 pragmatic competence and (b) the amount of L2 contact and length of residence had only a weak and insignificant impact on the participantsâ pragmatic competence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a98784c053a43f1ae4680ca689e69ce2022-12-22T03:22:07ZengUniversity of IsfahanApplied Research on English Language2252-01982322-53432014-01-013592815482Motivation, amount of interaction, length of residence and ESL learnersâ pragmatic competenceZohre R Eslami0Soo Jin AhnTexas A&M UniversityThis study examined how motivation for learning English, the amount of contact with English, and length of residence in the target language area affects Korean graduate studentsâ English pragmatic skills. The study attempted to account for differential pragmatic development among 50 graduate-level Korean students in relation to individual factors mentioned above. The data were collected using three types of elicitation instruments: a written background questionnaire, a discourse completion test, and the mini-Attitude/Motivation Test Battery. Descriptive and inferential statistics (correlation coefficients, and multiple regressions) were used to analyze the data. The findings of the study revealed that (a) the level of motivation had a positive and moderate relationship with the ESL learnersâ L2 pragmatic competence and (b) the amount of L2 contact and length of residence had only a weak and insignificant impact on the participantsâ pragmatic competence.http://are.ui.ac.ir/article_15482_524c66043e203c10b6bde947a6fb828e.pdfmotivationamount of interactionESLpragmatic competencelength of stay |
| spellingShingle | Zohre R Eslami Soo Jin Ahn Motivation, amount of interaction, length of residence and ESL learnersâ pragmatic competence Applied Research on English Language motivation amount of interaction ESL pragmatic competence length of stay |
| title | Motivation, amount of interaction, length of residence and ESL learnersâ pragmatic competence |
| title_full | Motivation, amount of interaction, length of residence and ESL learnersâ pragmatic competence |
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