Estimating Pragmatic Competence of EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension via Gricean Cooperative Principles
Understanding the pragmatic meanings of the utterances in exchanges is a serious challenge among English language learners. This study aimed to estimate the pragmatic competence of EFL learners’ listening comprehension concerned with cooperative principles (CPs) of TOEFL candidates taking the listen...
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| description | Understanding the pragmatic meanings of the utterances in exchanges is a serious challenge among English language learners. This study aimed to estimate the pragmatic competence of EFL learners’ listening comprehension concerned with cooperative principles (CPs) of TOEFL candidates taking the listening modules. The maxims of quantity, quality, relation, and manner helped test takers uncover the indirect or figurative meanings of the speakers' intended meaning of utterances. The design of the study was exploratory-quantitative and interpretative. The participants were 150 high and low achievers of MA students majoring in TEFL. The research instrument was a 50-item listening test that was randomly selected from the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The participants took the listening test in the fall semester of 2022. Data from the listening test were collected and analyzed via t-test and ANOVA. Findings showed understanding CPs was effective in the learners’ listening performance. Furthermore, results indicated high and low achievers' recognition of quantity and manner principles was significantly different. However, there was no such difference in learners’ comprehension regarding the maxims of quality and relevance. Implications of the study suggest that EFL learners must focus more on the pragmatic meanings of quantity and manner rather than quality and relevance maxims. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ed01e39af7ed4747a066ce08ef8bc8a02023-09-10T09:44:57ZengIslamic Azad University, Isfahan BranchResearch in English Language Pedagogy2588-32592538-42442023-09-0111342344310.30486/relp.2023.1973623.1418705145Estimating Pragmatic Competence of EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension via Gricean Cooperative PrinciplesMohammad Reza Afshar0Bahman Gorjian1Elkhas Veysi2Sasan Sharafi3Mansoureh Shekaramiz4Department of Linguistics, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, IranDepartment of Linguistics, Abadan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, IranDepartment of Linguistics, Payam-e-Noor University, Tehran, IranDepartment of Linguistics, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, IranDepartment of Linguistics, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, IranUnderstanding the pragmatic meanings of the utterances in exchanges is a serious challenge among English language learners. This study aimed to estimate the pragmatic competence of EFL learners’ listening comprehension concerned with cooperative principles (CPs) of TOEFL candidates taking the listening modules. The maxims of quantity, quality, relation, and manner helped test takers uncover the indirect or figurative meanings of the speakers' intended meaning of utterances. The design of the study was exploratory-quantitative and interpretative. The participants were 150 high and low achievers of MA students majoring in TEFL. The research instrument was a 50-item listening test that was randomly selected from the Educational Testing Service (ETS). The participants took the listening test in the fall semester of 2022. Data from the listening test were collected and analyzed via t-test and ANOVA. Findings showed understanding CPs was effective in the learners’ listening performance. Furthermore, results indicated high and low achievers' recognition of quantity and manner principles was significantly different. However, there was no such difference in learners’ comprehension regarding the maxims of quality and relevance. Implications of the study suggest that EFL learners must focus more on the pragmatic meanings of quantity and manner rather than quality and relevance maxims.https://relp.isfahan.iau.ir/article_705145_701d274ac9d7be372d3fdc5dd332ae52.pdfgricean maximslistening comprehensionpragmatic meaning |
| spellingShingle | Mohammad Reza Afshar Bahman Gorjian Elkhas Veysi Sasan Sharafi Mansoureh Shekaramiz Estimating Pragmatic Competence of EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension via Gricean Cooperative Principles Research in English Language Pedagogy gricean maxims listening comprehension pragmatic meaning |
| title | Estimating Pragmatic Competence of EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension via Gricean Cooperative Principles |
| title_full | Estimating Pragmatic Competence of EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension via Gricean Cooperative Principles |
| title_fullStr | Estimating Pragmatic Competence of EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension via Gricean Cooperative Principles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimating Pragmatic Competence of EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension via Gricean Cooperative Principles |
| title_short | Estimating Pragmatic Competence of EFL Learners' Listening Comprehension via Gricean Cooperative Principles |
| title_sort | estimating pragmatic competence of efl learners listening comprehension via gricean cooperative principles |
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