Eva Alcón-Soler
Biographic Data
| ID | 1180116 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eva Alcón-Soler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eva |
| FAMILY NAME | Alcón-Soler |
| SIGNATURE | ALCÓN-SOLER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Jaume I |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2261-5378 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The use of ‘well’ in spoken interaction
In this study the use of "well" as a discourse marker is analysed in sixteen episodes of a television series and in two English language textbooks to illustrate what communicative language teaching can get from work on discourse analysis. Results of the analysis show that the meaning of well as a mainly interactive device signalling acceptance due to modification is present both in television series and in textbooks. However, the analysis also sh…
The relationship between content knowledge and practise opportunities in non-native learners’ interaction
The following study was undertaken to further understand the effect of content knowledge on learners’ participation in interactions between non-native speakers. 120 male students, all of them Spanish, were paired to form 20 dyads whose members had equal content knowledge, but different levels in oral proficiency, 20 dyads in which fluent learners were relative content experts, and 20 dyads in which learners with limited oral skills were the exper…
Pragmatic gains in the study abroad context
Development of discourse-pragmatic markers in a multilingual classroom
Pragmatic Development During Study Abroad
Previous research has shown that adolescent second language learners benefit from pragmatic instruction during study abroad (Alcón-Soler, 2015). As a follow-up investigation, the present study looked at late adolescent study-abroad learners, and it examined both the immediate effect of pragmatic instruction and the pragmatic trajectories that adolescent learners follow once they move from the instructional context to real email communication. Ema…
Learning Pragmatic Routines during Study Abroad
The present study explores pragmatic learning during study abroad (SA) programs, focusing\n\t\t\t\t on gains in learner recognition and production of pragmatic routines, and considers whether\n\t\t\t\t proficiency and type of routine play a role in this. One hundred and twenty-two international\n\t\t\t\t students in their first semester of study at US universities completed a pre-test and a posttest\n\t\t\t\t version of a vocabulary knowledge sca…
Pragmatic learning and study abroad
Mitigating e-mail requests in teenagers’ first and second language academic cyber-consultation
The study analyses teenagers' e-mail requests during academic cyber-consultation, exploring how the performance of request modifiers is influenced by participants' perceptions of the degree of imposition of the speech act and social distance with the recipient. A total of 295 e-mail requests, 145 produced by British English speakers (BES) and 150 performed by International English speakers (IES), were randomly selected from all the e-mail request…
Mitigating e-mail requests in teenagers’ first and second language academic cyber-consultation
The study analyses teenagers’ e-mail requests during academic cyber-consultation, exploring how the performance of request modifiers is influenced by participants’ perceptions of the degree of imposition of the speech act and social distance with the recipient. A total of 295 e-mail requests, 145 produced by British English speakers (BES) and 150 performed by International English speakers (IES), were randomly selected from all the e-mail request…
Multilingualism and English
The overwhelming spread of the English language around the world has given rise to various phenomena, such as the recognition of New Englishes varieties, multilingualism, and multilingual education.
Teachability and bilingualism effects on third language learners' pragmatic knowledge
The present study focuses on the benefits that teaching the speech act of refusal from a discourse perspective can have on third language learners' pragmatic knowledge. Additionally, it also explores whether receptive and productive bilinguals resort to pragmalinguistic, sociopragmatic, and linguistic information in different ways during the planning and execution of refusals in English. Ninety-two students of English (52 receptive bilinguals and…
Age and the Rate of Foreign Language Learning
Does instruction work for learning pragmatics in the EFL context
Does instruction work for learning pragmatics in the EFL context
Age and the Rate of Foreign Language Learning
Multilingualism and English
The overwhelming spread of the English language around the world has given rise to various phenomena, such as the recognition of New Englishes varieties, multilingualism, and multilingual education.
Teachability and bilingualism effects on third language learners' pragmatic knowledge
The present study focuses on the benefits that teaching the speech act of refusal from a discourse perspective can have on third language learners' pragmatic knowledge. Additionally, it also explores whether receptive and productive bilinguals resort to pragmalinguistic, sociopragmatic, and linguistic information in different ways during the planning and execution of refusals in English. Ninety-two students of English (52 receptive bilinguals and…
Mitigating e-mail requests in teenagers’ first and second language academic cyber-consultation
The study analyses teenagers' e-mail requests during academic cyber-consultation, exploring how the performance of request modifiers is influenced by participants' perceptions of the degree of imposition of the speech act and social distance with the recipient. A total of 295 e-mail requests, 145 produced by British English speakers (BES) and 150 performed by International English speakers (IES), were randomly selected from all the e-mail request…
Mitigating e-mail requests in teenagers’ first and second language academic cyber-consultation
The study analyses teenagers’ e-mail requests during academic cyber-consultation, exploring how the performance of request modifiers is influenced by participants’ perceptions of the degree of imposition of the speech act and social distance with the recipient. A total of 295 e-mail requests, 145 produced by British English speakers (BES) and 150 performed by International English speakers (IES), were randomly selected from all the e-mail request…
Pragmatic learning and study abroad
Pragmatic Development During Study Abroad
Previous research has shown that adolescent second language learners benefit from pragmatic instruction during study abroad (Alcón-Soler, 2015). As a follow-up investigation, the present study looked at late adolescent study-abroad learners, and it examined both the immediate effect of pragmatic instruction and the pragmatic trajectories that adolescent learners follow once they move from the instructional context to real email communication. Ema…
Learning Pragmatic Routines during Study Abroad
The present study explores pragmatic learning during study abroad (SA) programs, focusing\n\t\t\t\t on gains in learner recognition and production of pragmatic routines, and considers whether\n\t\t\t\t proficiency and type of routine play a role in this. One hundred and twenty-two international\n\t\t\t\t students in their first semester of study at US universities completed a pre-test and a posttest\n\t\t\t\t version of a vocabulary knowledge sca…
Development of discourse-pragmatic markers in a multilingual classroom
Pragmatic gains in the study abroad context
The use of ‘well’ in spoken interaction
In this study the use of "well" as a discourse marker is analysed in sixteen episodes of a television series and in two English language textbooks to illustrate what communicative language teaching can get from work on discourse analysis. Results of the analysis show that the meaning of well as a mainly interactive device signalling acceptance due to modification is present both in television series and in textbooks. However, the analysis also sh…
The relationship between content knowledge and practise opportunities in non-native learners’ interaction
The following study was undertaken to further understand the effect of content knowledge on learners’ participation in interactions between non-native speakers. 120 male students, all of them Spanish, were paired to form 20 dyads whose members had equal content knowledge, but different levels in oral proficiency, 20 dyads in which fluent learners were relative content experts, and 20 dyads in which learners with limited oral skills were the exper…
EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (11 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (8 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (5 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works)