Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time

I examine whether teaching formulaic language raises English as a foreign language learners’ awareness of pragmatic resources when expressing requests. To carry out this research I adopt a qualitative self-reflective approach which encourages students to use formulaic language when making requests....

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Mugford, Gerrard
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2017
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
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37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
English as a foreign language
formulaic language
pragmatics
requests
Inglés como lengua extranjera
lenguaje formulaico
peticiones
pragmática
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spelling Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 InternacionalDerechos reservados - Universidad Nacional de Colombiahttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Mugford, Gerrard434d6434-f319-42e9-ba16-8119dd6f62d13002019-07-03T03:04:14Z2019-07-03T03:04:14Z2017-07-01ISSN: 2256-5760https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/66890http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/67918/I examine whether teaching formulaic language raises English as a foreign language learners’ awareness of pragmatic resources when expressing requests. To carry out this research I adopt a qualitative self-reflective approach which encourages students to use formulaic language when making requests. By responding to discourse completion tasks, learners were given the opportunity to reflect on whether the use of formulaic language enhances their ability to come across in acceptable and appropriate ways. Results indicate that by developing learners’ knowledge and via the use of pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic resources, students at all levels have a much greater chance of achieving their communicative objectives and of becoming more pragmatically competent in the target language when making requests.Examino la enseñanza de lenguaje formulaico para expresar peticiones con el objetivo de aumentar los recursos pragmáticos de los alumnos de inglés como lengua extranjera. Para llevar a cabo esta investigación adopto un enfoque cualitativo y auto-reflexivo que alienta a los estudiantes a utilizar el lenguaje formulaico para expresar peticiones. Al responder a textos con situaciones discursivas, los estudiantes tuvieron la oportunidad de examinar si el uso de lenguaje formulaico mejora su habilidad para interactuar en formas aceptables y apropiadas. Los resultados indican que al desarrollar sus conocimientos y el uso de recursos pragmalingüísticos y sociopragmáticos, los estudiantes en todos los niveles tienen una mayor probabilidad de alcanzar sus objetivos comunicativos y de ser pragmáticamente más competentes cuando expresan peticiones en la lengua meta.application/pdfspaUniversidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Bogotá - Facultad de Ciencias Humanas - Departamento de Lenguas Extranjeras - Grupo de Investigación PROFILEhttps://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/57428Universidad Nacional de Colombia Revistas electrónicas UN PROFILE Issues in Teachers' Professional DevelopmentPROFILE Issues in Teachers' Professional DevelopmentMugford, Gerrard (2017) Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time. Profile: Issues in Teachers´ Professional Development, 19 (2). pp. 29-39. ISSN 2256-576037 Educación / Education8 Literatura y retórica / LiteratureEnglish as a foreign languageformulaic languagepragmaticsrequestsInglés como lengua extranjeralenguaje formulaicopeticionespragmáticaFormulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right TimeArtículo de revistainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85Texthttp://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/ARTORIGINAL57428-338065-1-PB.pdfapplication/pdf161978https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/bitstream/unal/66890/1/57428-338065-1-PB.pdfb821a6d5663b4f433f735d3699cf765eMD51THUMBNAIL57428-338065-1-PB.pdf.jpg57428-338065-1-PB.pdf.jpgGenerated Thumbnailimage/jpeg6813https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/bitstream/unal/66890/2/57428-338065-1-PB.pdf.jpgad1558724057c96ead511bbbdb3bc2d3MD52unal/66890oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/668902024-05-18 23:08:48.793Repositorio Institucional Universidad Nacional de Colombiarepositorio_nal@unal.edu.co
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title Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time
spellingShingle Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time
37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
English as a foreign language
formulaic language
pragmatics
requests
Inglés como lengua extranjera
lenguaje formulaico
peticiones
pragmática
title_short Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time
title_full Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time
title_fullStr Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time
title_full_unstemmed Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time
title_sort Formulaic Language and EFL Requests: Sensitive Wording at the Right Time
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Mugford, Gerrard
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8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
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8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
English as a foreign language
formulaic language
pragmatics
requests
Inglés como lengua extranjera
lenguaje formulaico
peticiones
pragmática
dc.subject.proposal.spa.fl_str_mv English as a foreign language
formulaic language
pragmatics
requests
Inglés como lengua extranjera
lenguaje formulaico
peticiones
pragmática
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