Acquiring Pragmatic and Intercultural Communicative Competences in the Digital Era : A Telecollaboration Study.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sarno-Garcia, Sofia Di, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish language--Study and teaching--English speakers.

Spanish language.

Second language acquisition.

Language and languages--Computer-assisted instruction.

Language and languages.

English language--Study and teaching--Spanish speakers.

English language.

Communicative competence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Examines how pragmatic competence and intercultural communicative competence can be acquired through telecollaboration, and how the two are interrelated.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Figures

Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Pragmatics in Foreign Language Learning

2.1. Speech Act Theory

2.2. Conditions for the Acquisition of Speech Acts

2.3. Interlanguage Pragmatics (ILP)

Chapter 3: The Speech Act of Apologies

3.1. The Nuances of Apologizing in English

3.2. Politeness and the Concept of 'Face'

Chapter 4: Intercultural Communicative Competence

4.1. The Origins of Communicative Competence

4.2. Definitions of Intercultural Communicative Competence

4.3. Byram's (1997, 2021) Model of Intercultural Communicative Competence

4.4. The Intercultural Speaker

4.5. Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence

Chapter 5: The Relationship between Pragmatic Competence and Intercultural Communicative Competence

5.1. Previous Studies Exploring the Relationship between Pragmatics and Culture

5.2. The Proposed Model of Pragmatic Competence and Intercultural Communicative Competence Development

Chapter 6: Computer-Assisted Language Learning

6.1. Computer-Mediated Communication

6.1.1. Telecollaboration

6.1.2. Helm &amp

Guth's (2010) Framework for Telecollaboration 2.0

6.1.3. Cyberpragmatics

6.2. Assessing Online Interaction

6.3. Apologies in the Virtual Environment

Chapter 7: Role-Plays as a Data Collection Method in Interlanguage Pragmatics

Chapter 8: Methodology

8.1. Setting and Participants

8.2. Instruments and Materials

8.2.1. Instruments and Materials Used by the Control Group

8.2.2. Instruments and Materials Used by the Experimental Groups

8.3. The Questionnaires

8.4. The Tasks

8.5. Procedures

8.6. Data Gathering Procedures

8.7. Data Analysis Procedures.

8.7.1. Apologies Data Analysis

8.7.2. Intercultural Communicative Competence Data Analysis

8.7.3. Correlation between Pragmatic Competence and Intercultural Communicative Competence

Chapter 9: Results

9.1. Results from the Synchronous Oral Sessions

9.1.1. Results Related to Pragmatic Competence: Control Group

9.1.2. Results Related to Pragmatic Competence: All the Experimental Groups

9.1.3. Results Related to Pragmatic Competence: First Experimental Group

9.1.4. Results Related to Pragmatic Competence: Second Experimental Group

9.1.5. Results Related to Pragmatic Competence: Third Experimental Group

9.1.6. Results Related to Pragmatic Competence: Comparison between the Control Group and All the Experimental Groups

9.1.7. Results from the Oral Cultural Discussions

9.2. Results from the Asynchronous Written Sessions

9.3. Evidence of the Correlation between Pragmatic Competence and Intercultural Communicative Competence

9.4. Reflections from the Final Project Questionnaire

9.5. Reflections from the Final Artefact

9.6. Reflections on the Role of Feedback and Mentoring

Chapter 10: Conclusions, Limitations and Future Directions

References

Appendix A

Appendix B

How to Perform an Effective Apology in English

Appendix C

Suggested Topics to Discuss in Zoom sessions

Appendix D

Online Discussion Procedure on MeWe​.c​om

ZOOM Sessions

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Appendix H

Appendix I

Instructions

Role-Play A

Role-Play B

Role-Play C

Role-Play D

Role-Play E

Role-Play F

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-350-45437-0

1-350-45436-2

9781350454361

OCLC:

1546501589