Examining the Effects of Long-Term Study Abroad on the Listenership of Japanese EFL University Students
The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of study abroad on one aspect of learners' pragmatic competence, listenership. A total of 8 Japanese university students participated in this study (4 females and 4 males). Each student was given pragmatic tests at three points in time: within...
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| description | The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of study abroad on one aspect of learners' pragmatic competence, listenership. A total of 8 Japanese university students participated in this study (4 females and 4 males). Each student was given pragmatic tests at three points in time: within four to seven days of going abroad (pre-test), within seven days of returning to Japan (post-test 1), and approximately eight weeks later (i.e., post-test 2, the delayed post-test). Each of these tests involved participating in an intercultural conversation with a native speaker of English (NES) and being interviewed. To determine the efficacy of preparatory instruction, half of the students set to study abroad (N = 4) were given explicit instruction on listenership. This consisted of two (2-hours each) instructional sessions whereby the teacher drew students' attention to various features of listenership, engaged them in discussions on the implications of cross-cultural communication styles and, subsequently, taught them of some common patterns of listenership in English. The results of this study point to the benefits of long-term study abroad (SA), particularly on the learners who received instruction prior to studying abroad. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8cd4ce1bbc7f4c468313be991ab3528f2022-12-22T04:12:56ZengCranmore PublishingInternational Journal of TESOL Studies2632-67792633-68982021-07-013211413810.46451/ijts.2021.07.01Examining the Effects of Long-Term Study Abroad on the Listenership of Japanese EFL University StudentsPino Cutrone0Nagasaki University, JapanThe purpose of this study is to measure the effect of study abroad on one aspect of learners' pragmatic competence, listenership. A total of 8 Japanese university students participated in this study (4 females and 4 males). Each student was given pragmatic tests at three points in time: within four to seven days of going abroad (pre-test), within seven days of returning to Japan (post-test 1), and approximately eight weeks later (i.e., post-test 2, the delayed post-test). Each of these tests involved participating in an intercultural conversation with a native speaker of English (NES) and being interviewed. To determine the efficacy of preparatory instruction, half of the students set to study abroad (N = 4) were given explicit instruction on listenership. This consisted of two (2-hours each) instructional sessions whereby the teacher drew students' attention to various features of listenership, engaged them in discussions on the implications of cross-cultural communication styles and, subsequently, taught them of some common patterns of listenership in English. The results of this study point to the benefits of long-term study abroad (SA), particularly on the learners who received instruction prior to studying abroad.https://www.tesolunion.org/attachments/files/5Y2QWDZWMYAYJQ3DMDY45M2NI3OGFIDM2MW2Y2I13Y2E26ODLK4OWEY6OGY46NDEZFOTYW8YJQ2CNTGZ2ODI01MGE42LJKY6ODQY6MDU4FLMRH.pdfjapanese efl contextstudy abroadpragmaticslistenershipsecond language acquisition (sla) |
| spellingShingle | Pino Cutrone Examining the Effects of Long-Term Study Abroad on the Listenership of Japanese EFL University Students International Journal of TESOL Studies japanese efl context study abroad pragmatics listenership second language acquisition (sla) |
| title | Examining the Effects of Long-Term Study Abroad on the Listenership of Japanese EFL University Students |
| title_full | Examining the Effects of Long-Term Study Abroad on the Listenership of Japanese EFL University Students |
| title_fullStr | Examining the Effects of Long-Term Study Abroad on the Listenership of Japanese EFL University Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Examining the Effects of Long-Term Study Abroad on the Listenership of Japanese EFL University Students |
| title_short | Examining the Effects of Long-Term Study Abroad on the Listenership of Japanese EFL University Students |
| title_sort | examining the effects of long term study abroad on the listenership of japanese efl university students |
| topic | japanese efl context study abroad pragmatics listenership second language acquisition (sla) |
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