Utilising concept-based instruction in teaching pragmatics: Exploring the development of requesting behaviour of Iraqi Arabic-speaking EFL learners

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Utilising concept-based instruction in teaching pragmatics: Exploring the development of requesting behaviour of Iraqi Arabic-speaking EFL learners

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University of Otago

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This thesis explores the effect of concept-based pragmatic instruction (CBPI) in developing Iraqi Arabic-speaking EFL university students’ conceptual knowledge and performance abilities in English requests. Requests have been one of the most investigated features in interventional pragmatic studies. However, the majority of the interventional studies take forms as the point of departure in their treatment and focus less on meaning. In contrast, this study takes meaning as the focus and the po...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2021

Creator

Al-Jumah, Khalif

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10523/10883

Related subjects

the speech act of request / sociocultural theory / concept-based instruction / CBI / Arabic speaking learners of English / EFL / pragmatics / concept-based pragmatic instruction / concept-based language instruction

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