Learning the Rules of Academic Talk: A Longitudinal Study of Pragmatic Change.

Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S.

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ERIC Number: EJ470859

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Learning the Rules of Academic Talk: A Longitudinal Study of Pragmatic Change.

Bardovi-Harlig, Kathleen; Hartford, Beverly S.

Studies in Second Language Acquisition, v15 n3 p279-304 Sep 1993

Advanced adult nonnative speakers of English were taped in advising sessions to analyze two speech acts, suggestions, and rejections according to their frequency, form, and success. They were compared with native speakers. Results are explained by the availability of positive and negative feedback. (30 references) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Communication, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Longitudinal Studies, Native Speakers, Oral Language, Second Language Learning, Speech Acts

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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