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Holmes, J. and Riddiford, Nicky (2011) From classroom to workplace: tracking socio-pragmatic development. ELT Journal, Vol.65 (No.4). pp. 376-386. doi:10.1093/elt/ccq071 ISSN 0951-0893.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/elt/ccq071
Abstract
Socio-pragmatic skills have been identified as important components of communicative competence in the workplace, yet relatively few studies have undertaken an evaluation of the effects of classroom-based support in developing both cognitive control and social competence in these areas of language proficiency. This paper reports on a collaborative study that tracks the development of skilled migrants’ socio-pragmatic performance over a period of 12 weeks, from their entry into the classroom, through six weeks of instruction and then into the workplace context. Using a detailed case study, this paper examines the effects of conscious learning, as well as opportunities for social interaction, in the acquisition of appropriate ways of negotiating workplace requests.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HM Sociology L Education > LB Theory and practice of education P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | ELT Journal | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0951-0893 | ||||
Official Date: | October 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.65 | ||||
Number: | No.4 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 11 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 376-386 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1093/elt/ccq071 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) |
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