Abstract
This preliminary study examined the effect of proficiency and study abroad experience on L2 learners' ability to produce routines. Participants were 64 Japanese students in an English-medium university in Japan. They were divided into three groups: Group 1 had lower proficiency with no study abroad experience, Group 2 had higher proficiency but no study abroad experience, and Group 3 had higher proficiency with study abroad experience. They completed an oral discourse completion test involving four situations that elicited routines. Participants' performance was evaluated based on three aspects: appropriateness (rated by native speakers), planning time, and speech rate. Results revealed a significant effect of proficiency combined with study abroad experience on all three aspects.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 109-121 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | System |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Appropriateness
- Formulaic expressions
- Interlanguage pragmatics
- Oral fluency
- Planning time
- Pragmatic competence
- Routines
- Speech rate
- Study abroad
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Education
- Linguistics and Language