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Shirinbakhsh, Salva; Rasekh, Abbass Eslami; Tavakoli, Mansoor – Language Learning Journal, 2018
Recent findings in the field of pragmatics have revealed that pragmatic accuracy (knowledge) and pragmatic speed (processing ability) function as two distinct and non-parallel components of pragmatic competence. Anderson's adaptive control of thought--rational (ACT-R) model, which emphasises the development of skill through repeated practice,…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Rasekh, Abbass Eslami; Alijanian, Ehsan – World Journal of Education, 2012
The validity of speech act data taken from different kinds of elicitation instruments has been widely discussed in interlangauge and cross cultural pragmatics literature. In this study an attempt is made to evaluate and investigate data taken from two of the most popular speech act instruments namely, written DCT and closed role play. The…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Validity, Speech Acts, Social Status