From classroom to workplace: tracking socio-pragmatic development  

Oleh:

Holmes, Janet, 1947- ; Riddiford, Nicky

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: ELT Journal = English Language Teaching Journal (Full Text) vol. 65 no. 4 (Oct. 2011), page 376-386.
Topik: Socio-pragmatic skills; ELT; classroom-based support
Fulltext: 2011.4.376-386.pdf (218.92KB)

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Socio-pragmatic skills have been identi?ed 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 pro?ciency. 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.

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