How learning Toki Pona may help improving communication strategies in a foreign or second language

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ID11663115
AuthorsPaolo Coluzzi (0000-0003-4571-267X, University of Malaya, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume46
Issue1
Pages78-98
Publication date2022-06-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage Problems & Language Planning (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0272-2690 • E-ISSN: 1569-9889
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/lplp.00086.col
OpenAlexW4281752091
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

(English) This article aims to explore the possibility that learning Toki Pona, a “minimalist” constructed language with a total lexicon of only 123 words, may help students to develop their skills in using communication strategies in the foreign or second language they are learning. After a general introduction on constructed languages, three sections follow: one introducing Toki Pona, one presenting the research hypothesis and aim, and another outlining communications strategies. The article continues with the methodology employed and a discussion of the results obtained. These show that learning Toki Pona may indeed help the students to improve their communication strategies, and particularly circumlocution, so that they can avoid breakdowns in communication when they do not know or do not remember a word or expression

Foreign language · Language acquisition · Lexicon · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · English Language Learning and Teaching · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning · Artificial Intelligence

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