27.3291, Calls: Lang Acq, Pragmatics/UK

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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:49:50
From: Anne Barron [barron at leuphana.de]
Subject: Student Mobility and Pragmatic Competence

 
Full Title: Student Mobility and Pragmatic Competence 

Date: 16-Jul-2017 - 21-Jul-2017
Location: Belfast, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Anne Barron
Meeting Email: barron at leuphana.de

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Pragmatics 

Call Deadline: 05-Sep-2016 

Meeting Description:

15th International Pragmatics Conference: Panel on Student mobility and
pragmatic competence

Steady increases in student mobility in recent years (cf., e.g. European
Commission 2015) mean that language learners are increasingly experiencing
language learning that “remains instructed, despite incorporating elements of
naturalistic L2 acquisition” (Coleman 1997:4 on study abroad). In line with
these developments, there has been a growing interest in L2 pragmatic
development during study abroad (cf., e.g., monographs by Barron 2003, Schauer
2009, Devlin 2014, Ren 2015 and overview articles by Barron forthcoming and
Taguchi 2015). By contrast, L2 pragmatic development during student workplace
sojourns abroad represents a research desideratum. 

Increased input and output opportunities in the context of student mobility
offer students the opportunity to develop their pragmalinguistic and
sociopragmatic competencies. Hence, it is maybe not surprising that previous
research shows a link between study abroad and second language (L2) pragmatic
acquisition, with developments recorded on a number of pragmatic features and
levels, such as in the use of conventional expressions, pronouns of address,
speech act strategies and modification, and on the level of interactional
competence (e.g. listener responses, sequences) (e.g., Bardovi-Harlig &
Bastos, 2011, Barron 2003, 2006, 2007, Schauer 2009, Shively 2015, Taguchi
2011, cf. also Taguchi 2015 for an overview). On the other hand, however, this
same scholarship also shows the limitations of L2 pragmatic acquisition in the
stay abroad context, highlighting struggles with a lack of saliency of input
and with the related difficulties of negative pragmatic transfer and
overgeneralisation. In addition, a range of factors, such as interactional
opportunities and proficiency differences have also been shown to influence
pragmatic development (cf., e.g. Bardovi-Harlig & Bastos 2011).

The present panel is designed to further explore changes in L2 pragmatic
competence during a sojourn in the target community. We envisage papers
focusing on the development of L2 pragmatics during student mobility
(including both study abroad and work placement settings) for a range of first
languages, and target languages, as well as for a variety of pragmatic
features. Papers focusing on the following are particularly welcome: 

- Effects of the following on the development of L2 pragmatic competence
during student mobility: 
    - Length of stay, context of stay (e.g. lingua franca setting vs. target
language setting; study abroad vs. work placement), nature of and intensity of
interaction during stay
    - Proficiency levels
    - Individual differences (e.g. age, gender, aptitude, motivation,
attitudes, beliefs) 
- Identity, L1 and L2 pragmatic competence during student mobility 
- Pragmatic instruction prior to and during student mobility
- Methodological issues and innovations in pragmatic research on student
mobility


Call for Papers: 

If you are interested in presenting a paper in this panel, please send your
abstract (approx. 250 words, not including references and data) by 5 September
2016 to the following address: barron at leuphana.de.

Please note:

- Once accepted for the panel and finalised, each panelist will be then asked
to submit the abstract individually through the IPrA website by 15 October
2016. 
- IPrA membership is required both for the web-based submission and, later on,
for presentation at the 15th International Pragmatics Conference.




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