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Measuring Second Language Pragmatic Competence

Abstract

Extending earlier work on grammar, this book investigates the development of tests measuring second language learners’ implicit and explicit pragmatic abilities in English. It reports detailed analyses of the use of the tests with two groups of learners and in studies investigating study abroad and the effects of instruction.

Keywords:
Grammar Linguistics Computer science Competence (human resources) Psychology Mathematics education Social psychology Philosophy

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Topics

EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Language and Linguistics
Second Language Learning and Teaching
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Literature and Literary Theory
Multilingual Education and Policy
Social Sciences →  Social Sciences →  Linguistics and Language

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