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A Comparative Study of Grammatical and Pragmatic Awareness Between English Learners of Different Language Proficiency

Authors
Kang Han1, *
1Applied Linguistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
*Corresponding author. Email: khhan@student.unimelb.edu.au
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Kang Han
Available Online 29 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_106How to use a DOI?
Keywords
grammatical awareness; pragmatic awareness; Chinese EFL learners; second language learning and teaching
Abstract

In light of the traditionally accepted claim that grammatical knowledge is solely linked with one’s language proficiency level, the continued development of pragmatic theories calls into question the components of language communicative competence. In this study, several Chinese learners of English at different language proficiency levels will be divided into two groups. One group is from low grades in high school while the other is from university. The instrument for this experiment is the judgment task questionnaire adapted from the original version of Bardovi-Harlig and Dörnyei [2]. The results show that two groups’ awareness of pragmatic infelicities is rather comparable and there is a significant difference in identifying ungrammaticality. Based on the findings of the study, the paper concludes with an implication of pragmatic instructions in English language pedagogy.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
29 December 2022
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978-2-494069-31-2
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_106How to use a DOI?
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© 2022 The Author(s)
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