An Empirical Study of the Interrelationship between Pragmatic Awareness and Pragmatic Competence.pdf

1、浙江師范大學(xué)碩士學(xué)位論文AnEmpiricalStudyoftheInterrelationshipbetweenPragmaticAwarenessPragmaticCompetence姓名：周小琴申請(qǐng)學(xué)位級(jí)別：碩士專業(yè)：外國(guó)語(yǔ)言學(xué)及應(yīng)用語(yǔ)言學(xué)指導(dǎo)教師：胡美馨20090607ABSTRACTTheimportanceofdevelopinglearners’pragmaticcompetencehasbeenrecognizedbym

2、oreandmorepeopleAlthoughresearchersathomeandabroadhavedonealotofstudiesondeveloping1earners’pragmaticproductionability，oneareahasremainedarelativelyunchartedterritory：theroleofpragmaticawarenessinthedevelopmentofpragmati

3、ccompetenceAsEllisstates，“whenchildrenacquiretheirL1tleyseemtodoSOwithoutconsciouseffortIncontrast，L2learners，especiallyadultsseemtohavetoworkhardandtostudythelanguageconsciouslyinordertosucceed(1997：54)”Asaforeignlangua

4、geinChina，EnglishlearningparticularlyneedstheroleofconsciousnesstofunctionAlotofresearchershavefoundthatthereisanimbalalicebetweenlearners’pragmaticcompetenceandgrammaticalcompetence，謝ththeformerlaggingbehindthelatterBar

5、doviHarligandD6rnyei(19981surveyedtheimbalancefromtheangleofawarenessandfoundEFLlearnershadalowerdegreeofpragmaticawarenessthangrammaticalawarenessTheconclusionthatincreasedpragmaticawarenessshouldbeonegoalofclassroomins

6、tructionWasmadeSomeotherresearchers(Bouton1994；胡美馨，2007；Judd，1999；Kasper1997；Kasper&Rose，2002；李民、陳新仁，2007)alsorecognizedtheimportantroleofpragmaticawarenessinthepragmaticcompetencedevelopmentTheauthorusesBardoviHarligand

7、Drmyei’Sresearchquestionnaire(1998)forreferencetoinvestigate152freshmen’Sgrammaticalandpragmaticawarenessin孵nzhouUniversityStudentswerealSOrequiredtocompleteaquestionnaireonpragmaticcompetence，whichWasapartofProfessorHon

8、gGang’Squestionnaire(1991)Inthisstudythreequestionswereraisedandanswered：1)Isthereanydifferenceandcorrelationshipbetweenstudents’degreeofgrammaticalawarenessandthatofpragmaticawareness2、Isthereanydifferenceinthedegreeofg

9、rammaticalandpragmaticawarenessbetweengroupsofdifferentlanguageproficiency3、Isthereanycorrelationshipbetweenstudents’degreeofpragmaticawarenessandtheirlevelofpragmaticcompetenceThefindingsshowthatstudents’degreeofpragmat

10、icawarenesswassignificantlyhigherthan也eirdegreeofgrammaticalawarenesswhichcontradictedBardoviHarlig&D6rnyei’sfindingandtherewasnocorrelationshipbetweenthetwokindsofawarenessOntheonehandbothhighandlowproficiencystudentsha

11、dahigherdegreeofpragmaticawarenessthangrammaticalawarenessont11eotherhand，highproficiencystudentshadasignificantlyhigherdegreeofpragmaticawarenessthanlowproficiencystudentsdidwhilethedifferenceinthedegreeofgrammaticalawa

12、renessbetweentwogroupsWasnotsignificantenoughStudentswithahigherdegreeofpragmaticawarenessdidnotsurelyhaveahigherlevelofpragmaticcompetenceFromtheempiricalstudy，theauthorconfirmstheviewpointthatpragmaticawarenessisaneces