Comparing the effects of explicit and implicit teaching using literary and nonliterary materials on learner’s pragmatic comprehension and production

The present paper explored how plays could contribute to pragmatic development when employed as a medium of implicit or explicit instruction. 80 undergraduate English-major students were divided into four experimental groups two of which were literary and two nonliterary. Implicit Literary, as one o...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Baqerzadeh Hosseini, Hossein Pourghasemian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Cogent Education
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2019.1662979