Instructed Second Language Pragmatics for The Speech Acts of Request, Apology, and Refusal: A Meta-Analysis (Second Language Learning and Teaching)

✍ Scribed by Ali Derakhshan, Farzaneh Shakki

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 124
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Pragmatic instruction has received momentous attention in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) over the last decades. In order to scrutinize the effectiveness of L2 instruction, meta-analyses are warranted; nonetheless, meta-analyses have been largely neglected, despite the fact that they provide a systematic explanation of the findings from the previous studies. Since meta-analysis is flourishing by leaps and bounds in each and every field, pragmatic studies are not the exception, and among miscellaneous constructs and units of analysis in pragmatics, the speech acts of request, apology, and refusal are investigated in this book. To bridge this gap, this book mainly presents the variables which can moderate the effectiveness of L2 instruction such as age, gender, proficiency, outcome measures, psycholinguistic features, research design, and treatment types. The first chapter of the book outlines the theoretical underpinnings of the study, accentuating the importance of conducting meta-analysis in this field of study. The second chapter elaborates on the empirical studies and a thorough review of the relevant research. The third chapter deals with the design of the study in which the inclusion and exclusion criteria, effect size calculation, coding of the variables, and reliability have been outlined while chapter four presents the obtained outcomes and results of the study. The last chapter describes the final remarks of the study, the limitations, implications, and the directions for future research in the field of pragmatics instruction.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
References
Contents
1 Overview of the Theoretical Frameworks
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Instructed Second Language Acquisition
1.3 Models of Communicative Competence and Pragmatics
1.4 Defining Pragmatics and Interlanguage Pragmatics
1.5 Cognitive Approaches in L2 Pragmatic Research
1.6 Consciousness-Raising Hypothesis
1.7 Noticing Hypothesis
1.8 Speech Acts
1.8.1 Request
1.8.2 Apology
1.8.3 Refusal
1.9 Meta-Analysis
References
2 Review of Previous Research
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Recent Studies on the Instruction of the Speech Acts of Request, Apology, and Refusal
2.3 Previous Reviews and Meta-Analyses in L2 Pragmatic
2.4 Conclusion
References
3 Methodology
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Research Questions
3.3 Research Design
3.4 Study Identification and Retrieval
3.5 Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria
3.6 Effect Size Calculation
3.7 Coding of Moderator Variables
3.8 Missing Data
3.9 Reliability
3.10 Publication Bias
References
4 Results
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Description of the Included Corpus
4.2.1 Effect Size Frequency for the Speech Act Variable
4.2.2 Effect Size Frequency for the Outcome Measure Variable
4.2.3 Effect Size Frequency for Treatment Type Variable
4.2.4 Effect Size Frequency for the Psycholinguistic Feature Variable
4.2.5 Effect Size Frequency for the Age Variable
4.2.6 Effect Size Frequency for the Gender Variable
4.2.7 Effect Size Frequency for the Proficiency Level Variable
4.2.8 Effect Size Frequency for the Design Variable
4.3 Overall Effectiveness of L2 Pragmatic Instruction
4.3.1 Main Results
4.3.2 Publication Bias
4.4 Overall Effectiveness of L2 Pragmatic Instruction on the Speech Act of Apology
4.4.1 Main Results for the Effectiveness of Instruction Focused on Apology
4.4.2 Publication Bias
4.5 Overall Effectiveness of L2 Pragmatic Instruction on the Speech Act of Refusal
4.5.1 Main Results for the Effectiveness of Instruction Focused on Refusals
4.5.2 Publication Bias
4.6 Overall Effectiveness of L2 Pragmatic Instruction on the Speech Act of Request
4.6.1 Main Results of the Effectiveness of Instruction Focused on Request
4.6.2 Publication Bias
4.7 Moderating Effects of L2 Pragmatic Instruction
4.7.1 Demographic Features
4.7.2 Design-Related Features
References
5 Discussion
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Research Question 1: What is the Overall Effectiveness of the Instruction of L2 Pragmatics, Particularly the Speech Acts of Request, Apology, and Refusal?
5.3 Research Question 2: What are the Variables Which Moderate the Effectiveness of L2 Pragmatic Instruction, Especially the Speech Acts of Request, Apology, and Refusal?
References
6 Conclusions, Limitations, Pedagogical Implications, and Directions for Future Research
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Limitations
6.3 Implications
6.4 Directions for Future Research
6.5 Conclusions
References
Appendix Results for All Studies Included