Refusals in instructional contexts and beyond / edited by Otilia Martí-Arnándiz and Patricia Salazar-Campillo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Martí Arnándiz, Otilla, 1967-

Salazar-Campillo, Patricia.

Series:

Utrecht Studies in Language and Communication 25.

Utrecht studies in language and communication ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Study and teaching.

Language and languages.

Speech acts (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Little exposure and few opportunities for practice are two main drawbacks for learners in instructional contexts. These problems are intensified when dealing with face-threatening acts such as refusals, as learners are not fully capable of expressing their meanings and miscommunication is a likely by-product. The present volume aims at exploring factors and production of refusals in different instructional settings by means of ten original papers which address key questions dealing with the speech act of refusals. The relevance of the volume lies in the individual contributions which embrace innovative perspectives on refusals in order to provide an excellent contribution to this field of enquiry. The book is an obligatory reading for researchers and students interested in the field of interlanguage pragmatics, who will benefit from the range of educational contexts in which refusals are investigated.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Otilia Martí-Arnándiz and Patricia Salazar-Campillo

Using TV series as input source of refusals in the classroom / Ana B. Fernández-Guerra

Refusing in Second Life / Elina Vilar-Beltrán and Sabela Melchor-Couto

The effect of instruction on learners’ use and negotiation of refusals / Eva Alcón-Soler and Josep R. Guzman i Pitarch

Effects of metapragmatic instruction on EFL learners’ production of refusals / Esther Usó-Juan

Refusals in L2 English: Proficiency effects on appropriateness and fluency / Naoko Taguchi

The role of proficiency in the production of refusals in English in an instructed context / Victòria Codina-Espurz

Refusing in L2 Spanish: The effects of the context of learning during a short-term study abroad program / César Félix-Brasdefer

Learners’ production of refusals: Interactive written DCT versus oral role-play / Alicia Martínez-Flor

Research method effects on third language learners’ refusals / Maria-Pilar Safont-Jordà and Laura Portolés-Falomir

Production of refusals: Insights from stimulated recall / Patricia Salazar-Campillo

Notes on contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 9, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789401209717

9401209715

OCLC:

858764939

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401209717 DOI