30.3649, Diss: English; Language Acquisition; Pragmatics: Maria-Jose Arrufat-Marques: ''Instruction and attitudes in EFL: A focus on recognition and production of conventional expressions''

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Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2019 20:28:34
From: Maria-Jose Arrufat-Marques [arrufatm at uji.es]
Subject: Instruction and attitudes in EFL: A focus on recognition and production of conventional expressions

 
Institution: Universitat Jaume I 
Program: Program in Applied Linguistics, Literature, and Translation 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2019 

Author: Maria-Jose Arrufat-Marques

Dissertation Title: Instruction and attitudes in EFL: A focus on recognition
and production of conventional expressions 

Dissertation URL:  https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/667449#page=1

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                     Pragmatics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Dissertation Director(s):
Eva Alcón Soler
Maria del Pilar Safont Jordà

Dissertation Abstract:

This dissertation investigates the effects of instruction and language
attitudes in the comprehension and production of conventional expressions in
an EFL setting from a Skill Acquisition Theory perspective. Data from 46
senior-year university students were collected following a multi-method
approach during one month with a pretest-posttest-delayed posttest design.
Results reveal expected outcomes: instructional treatment seems to affect
positively both recognition and production; and lasted through the posttest
but did not until the delayed posttest. Previous research shows that learners
find it easier to recognize conventional expressions rather than to produce
them. The present dissertation attests to these findings. Interestingly, and
contrary to previous research on language attitudes, participants' attitudes
did not change over time. This study presents several innovations including:
1) investigating both recognition and production in the same study; 2)
studying conventional expressions in an EFL setting; and 3) investigating the
possible effect of language attitudes towards conventional expressions.




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