Resistance to L2 Pragmatics in the Australian ESL Context

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4869372
AutoresJohn Mce Davis (The University of Melbourne, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen57
Número4
Páginas611-649
Fecha de publicación2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLanguage Learning (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9922.2007.00430.x
OpenAlexW2152976872
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas12
Referencias citadas43

The study examines how learner biases toward a particular national type of English affect interlanguage pragmatics. Specifically, this study assesses the degree to which Korean ESL (English as a second language) students' preferences for North American English influence their willingness to use Australian-English routines while studying in Australia. Research suggests that attitudinal factors in high-proficiency students can affect second language (L2) pragmatic production in important ways, students at times rejecting or resisting undesirable L2 pragmatic forms (Cohen, 1997; Hinkel, 1996; LoCastro, 2001; Siegal, 1995, 1996). Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from a group of 20 Korean ESL students studying at language institutes and universities around Melbourne. Findings suggest that there is some avoidance of Australian routines by Korean ESL learners and that this avoidance represents resistance to Australian-English pragmatic norms

Affect (linguistics) · Applied linguistics · Australian English · Context (archaeology) · English as a second language · English for academic purposes · Interlanguage · Language education · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Pedagogy · Pragmatics · Resistance (ecology) · Second language · Second-language acquisition · Communication · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology