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Technology in interlanguage pragmatics research and teaching /

This chapter introduces DocuScope, a text-visualization and analysis software tool. This tool was not originally developed to teach or assess pragmatics; however, it carries a great deal of potential for assessing second language (L2) learners' ability to produce texts in a variety of genres, s...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Taguchi, Naoko, 1967- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, The Netherlands : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 20147.
Colección:Language learning and language teaching ; v. 36.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This chapter introduces DocuScope, a text-visualization and analysis software tool. This tool was not originally developed to teach or assess pragmatics; however, it carries a great deal of potential for assessing second language (L2) learners' ability to produce texts in a variety of genres, suggesting a significant connection with pragmatics in L2 writing. We present a study in which DocuScope was applied to classroom assessment and teaching in rural China. The application of the tool demonstrated that the Chinese EFL students who were assigned different target genres with minimal training w.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027271938
9027271933
1299612040
9781299612044
ISSN:1569-9471 ;