Technology in Interlanguage Pragmatics Research and Teaching

285 Pages·2013·5.129 MB·Language Learning & Language Teaching

by  Naoko Taguchi, Julie M. Sykes

Technology in Interlanguage Pragmatics Research and Teaching
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Technology in Interlanguage Pragmatics Research and Teaching
Edited by Naoko Taguchi and Julie M. Sykes
Technology in Interlanguage
Pragmatics Research and Teaching
Edited by
Naoko Taguchi
Carnegie Mellon University
Julie M. Sykes
University of New Mexico
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1. Interlanguage (Language learning) 2. Pragmatics. 3. Speech acts (Linguistics) 4.
Intercultural communication. 5. Second language acquisition. 6. Language and
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Table of contents
Contributors vii
chapter1
Introduction:Technologyininterlanguagepragmaticsresearch
andteaching 1
Naoko Taguchi and Julie M. Sykes
Part I. Technology in researching pragmatics
chapter2
Comprehensionofconversationalimplicature:Whatresponse
timestellus 19
Naoko Taguchi
chapter3
Amountofpracticeandpragmaticdevelopmentofrequest-making
inL2Chinese 43
Shuai Li
chapter4
Multiuservirtualenvironments:LearnerapologiesinSpanish 71
Julie M. Sykes
chapter5
Developmentofpolitenessstrategiesinparticipatory
onlineenvironments:Acasestudy 101
Adrienne Gonzales
chapter6
Pronominalchoiceandself-positioningstrategiesinsecondlanguage
academicwriting:Apragmaticanalysisusinglearnercorpusdata 121
Alfredo Urzúa
vi TechnologyinInterlanguagePragmaticsResearchandTeaching
Part II. Technology in teaching and assessing pragmatics
chapter7
ComplexL2pragmaticfeedbackviaplace-basedmobilegames 155
Christopher L. Holden and Julie M. Sykes
chapter8
Blogging:Crossculturalinteractionforpragmaticdevelopment 185
Yumi Takamiya and Noriko Ishihara
chapter9
TechnologyandtestsofL2pragmatics 215
Carsten Roever
chapter10
DocuScopeforgenreanalysis:Potentialforassessingpragmatic
functionsinsecondlanguagewriting 235
Helen Zhao and David Kaufer
CommentaryonTechnology in Interlanguage Pragmatics
Research and Teaching 261
Andrew D. Cohen
Prologue.Thefutureofpragmaticsandtechnology:
Whereareweheaded? 271
Julie M. Sykes and Naoko Taguchi
Index 275
Contributors
AdrienneGonzales
ForeignLanguagePedagogy&TechnologySpecialist,UniversityofDenver
2000E.AsburyAve.,SturmHall204,Denver,CO80208
Email:[email protected]
ChristopherHolden
AssistantProfessor,UniversityofNewMexico
MSC063890,UniversityofNewMexico
Albuquerque,NM87131
Email:[email protected]
NorikoIshihara
AssociateProfessor,HoseiUniversity
BT17F2-17-1Fujimi,Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo102-8160,Japan
Email:[email protected]
DavidKaufer
ProfessorofEnglish,CarnegieMellonUniversity
BakerHall145F,EnglishDepartment,CarnegieMellonUniversity
5000Forbes
Pittsburgh,PA15213
Email:[email protected]
ShuaiLi
AssistantProfessor
DepartmentofModern&ClassicalLanguages,GeorgiaStateUniversity
GCB870,DepartmentofModern&ClassicalLanguages,GeorgiaStateUniversity
Email:[email protected]
CarstenRoever
SeniorLecturer,TheUniversityofMelbourne
Linguistics&AppliedLinguistics,SchoolofLanguages&Linguistics
Babel607,Melbourne,Vic3010
Australia
Email:[email protected]
viii TechnologyinInterlanguagePragmaticsResearchandTeaching
JulieM.Sykes
AssistantProfessorofHispanicLinguistics,DepartmentofSpanishandPortuguese
1UniversityofNewMexico
Albuquerque,NM87131
Email:[email protected]
NaokoTaguchi
AssociateProfessor,CarnegieMellonUniversity
BH160ModernLanguagesDepartment,CarnegieMellonUniversity
500Forbes
Pittsburgh,PA15213USA
Email:[email protected]
YumiTakamiya
AssistantProfessor,GettysburgCollege
300NorthWashingtonSt.
CampusBox441
Gettysburg,Pennsylvania17325-1400
E-mail:[email protected]
AlfredoUrzúa
AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofLanguagesandLinguistics
UniversityofTexasatElPaso
LiberalArts137
500W.UniversityAve.
ElPaso,TX79968
Email:[email protected]
HelenZhao
AssistantProfessor,EnglishDepartment,TheChineseUniversityofHongKong
FungKingHeyBldg312
TheChineseUniversityofHongKong
Shatin,HongKong
Email:[email protected]
chapter1
Introduction
Technologyininterlanguage
pragmaticsresearchandteaching
NaokoTaguchiandJulieM.Sykes
CarnegieMellonUniversity/UniversityofNewMexico
Pragmaticcompetenceplaysakeyroleintoday’seraofglobalizationandtrans-
culturalismwherecommunicationacrossculturalboundariesisaneveryday
phenomenon.Theabilitytouselanguageinsociallyandculturallyappropriate
waysiscritical.Pragmaticmisstepsoftenleadtomiscommunicationsandcul-
turalstereotypingthatresultin,bestcase,frustration,andworstcase,long-term
consequences.Asaresult,empiricaleffortinstudyingthenatureofpragmatic
competenceanditsdevelopment,aswellaspedagogicaleffortinteachingprag-
maticknowledgeinformalandinformalinstructionalsettings,areanimportant,
timelyagendaofsecondlanguagelearningandteaching.
Correspondingtothisgrowinginterest,thelasttwodecadeshavewitnesseda
steepincreaseinstudiesofsecondlanguage(L2)pragmaticcompetenceandde-
velopment,asdemonstratedthroughapproximately40book-lengthtreatmentsof
interlanguagepragmaticsaswellasnumerousjournalarticlesandbookchapters.
Keybook-lengthpublicationsinthisareaaredocumentedinTable1toprovide
thereaderswithadditionalresourcesasneeded.
Whilenotanexhaustivelist,theseworkshighlightvariousareasofsignifi-
canceinL2pragmaticsacquisitionandteaching,aswellasinabroaderdiscourse
oftransnationalismandinterculturalcommunication.
Thisbookaddstothescopeofinterlanguagepragmaticsliteraturebybring-
ingtogetherworkonL2pragmaticsteachingandresearchindigitally-mediated
contexts.Itisaneditedcollectionofpapersaddressingtheroleoftechnologyin
researching,teaching,andassessingsecondlanguage(L2)pragmatics.
Technology-informedapproachestoSLAhavepromptedgreatinterestby
bothresearchersandpractitionersalike.Thiscanbeseenintheincreasinguse
ofdigitalmediaforcollectingdataanddeliveringinstruction,aswellasexamin-
ingtechnology-mediatedcontexts(e.g.,computer-mediatedcommunicationor