Morady Moghaddam, Mostafa, Murray, Neil and Mirfendereski, Yara (2020) Pragmatic competence as a regulator of foreign language speaking proficiency. Porta Linguarum, 33 . pp. 163-182.

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Abstract

Pragmatic competence is a multifaceted componential construct (Ifantidou & Tzanne, 2012) in the performance of which different underlying sub-skills produce a range of possible effects on learners’ speaking proficiency. In the study we report on, data from 180 Iranian EFL students were collected (90 boys vs. 90 girls), and the Pearson-Product Moment Correlation Coefficient used to test whether and to what degree the macro and micro components of Prutting and Kirchner’s (1987) Pragmatic Protocol correlate with learners’ scores on the speaking component of the IELTS General Training Test, and whether any perceived relationship varies according to gender. Results indicated that the verbal and paralinguistic components of the Protocol correlated significantly with the different tasks that feature in the IELTS speaking test. This, we argue, has implications for language teaching, and in particular stresses the need to foster conditions that allow for the development in learners of a more fine-tuned understanding of the relationship between language and context and the ways in which particular components of pragmatic competence are called upon in the performance of different kinds of communicative tasks.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers, English language—Study and teaching—Iran, International English Language Testing System , International English Language Testing System -- Iran, Communicative competence -- Iran, Pragmatics , Speech acts (Linguistics) , Language and languages -- Ability testing
Journal or Publication Title:	Porta Linguarum
Publisher:	Universidad de Granada * Departamento de Didactica de la Lengua y la Literatura
ISSN:	1697-7467
Official Date:	January 2020
Dates:	Date Event January 2020 Published 14 April 2020 Accepted
Volume:	33
Page Range:	pp. 163-182
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
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