Participatory research and second language pragmatics: A focus on young learners (MGL3037)

The course builds on the knowledge and skills students have acquired in Linguistics for English Teachers and English Teaching Methodology 1 and 2.

Pragmatics can be informally defined as "the study of how-to-say-what-to-whom-when" (Bardovi-Harlig 2013:68) and interlanguage pragmatics studies how learners of a foreign or second language (L2) master the skill of using language to communicate appropriately in different social contexts. The course aims to introduce the major concepts and research findings related to the pragmatic development of young EFL learners (grades 1 - 10) in foreign and second language contexts. The topics to be covered include theories of L2 pragmatic development, development of speech act comprehension and production, metapragmatic awareness, and the role of instruction in pragmatics development. Special attention will be devoted to research methodology in the field of second language acquisition in general and L2 pragmatics in particular, with a specific focus on research with young learners. The students will be expected to conduct a small-scale group research study in order to demonstrate their understanding of relevant topics and research approaches within L2 pragmatics as well as their ability to report their research findings in the form of a Lesson study project. The course will aim to provide opportunities for students to do their teaching practice and conduct their research at a partner university abroad. 

Knowledge

After completing the course, the student will have an in-depth knowledge of:

• The major theories of L2 pragmatics development
• The main developmental patterns of specific speech acts in English in L2 contexts
• The research methods (both quantitative and qualitative) used within the field of L2 pragmatics and their application within Lesson study as a research tool
• The relevant steps in collecting the literature on the subject, conducting and reporting on a Lesson study research project within L2 pragmatics

Skills

After completing the course, the student will be able to:

• Discuss the main developmental patterns of specific speech acts in English as a second language
• Analyse and critically evaluate research articles in the field of L2 pragmatics
• Choose relevant research topics and appropriate quantitative or qualitative approaches within the field of L2 pragmatics
• Conduct and report on a Lesson study research project within L2 pragmatics

General competencies

The student will be able to:

• use academic English confidently and functionally in spoken and written discourse when reporting research
• apply their knowledge of English pragmatics to further develop their own language competence
• apply their knowledge of developmental patterns in L2 pragmatics and of research methodology in the field to English language teaching to their own classroom research

Et av følgende alternativer:
English Linguistics for Teachers for grades 1.-7. (MGL1032)
English 1 - Teaching Methodology for Young Learners (1-7) (MGL1033)
English 2; English Teaching Methodology for Young Learners (1.-7.) (MGL1034)
English 2: English Language, Literature and Culture (1-7) (MGL1035)

The students taking the course should have reached the CEFR C1 level in English in reading, writing, speaking and listening.

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1. Students need to submit an individual assignment (ca. 2,500-words)
2. Students need to complete 2/3rds of their teaching practice.
3. Students must attend a minimum of 70% of all lectures and seminars. 
4. Students need to present and critically evaluate a research article in class.

These must be approved before the students can take the exam. 

Fagperson(er)

Study Program Director:

Ingeborg Knævelsrud

Course teacher:

Anders Otterbech Jølbo Myrset

Course coordinator:

Milica Savic

Study Adviser:

Ida Margrethe Eikaas

This course will utilize a combination of lectures, seminars, students' presentations and students' research work. Much of the course content is not age specific and for that reason many topics will be presented to both groups at the same time. However, some of these topics will be contextualized and discussed at a deeper level in separate1-7 and 5-10 seminar groups. Students are expected to work on individual and group assignments in study groups and conduct a Lesson study research project during the course.

Exchange Students at Faculty of Arts and Education

Module evaluation takes place every semester in accordance with the quality system of the institution.

Book Chapter "But in England they're certainly very polite, so you mustn't forget that": Young EFL learners making sense of pragmatic practices Milica Savić & Anders Myrset, Milica Savić & Anders Myrset, "But in England they're certainly very polite, so you mustn't forget that": Young EFL learners making sense of pragmatic practices, Article "Mum, Sister Hit Me": Interlanguage Complaint Strategies of Cantonese Learners of English from Childhood to Their Teens Cynthia Lee, International Review of Pragmatics, 4, 2012, 80-109, Article 'I don’t ever want to leave this room’: Benefits of researching ‘with’ children Pinter, A. & Zandian, S., Oxford :, Oxford University Press, 1 online resource, ELT Journal, 1, 68, 2014, 64-74, Article 7: CO-CONSTRUCTING METAPRAGMATIC UNDERSTANDINGS: HOW YOUNG EFL LEARNERS TALK ABOUT MAKING REQUESTS Savic, Milica, LinguaBooks Academic Publishing, 153-, The European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL, 2, 10, 2021-11-01, 153 https://bibsys-ur.userservices.exlibrisgroup.com/view/uresolver/47BIBSYS_UBIS/openurl-XYEUBIS?ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_id=10_1&ctx_tim=2022-10-28T09%3A56%3A12IST&ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com-gale&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=7:%20CO-CONSTRUCTING%20METAPRAGMATIC%20UNDERSTANDINGS:%20HOW%20YOUNG%20EFL%20LEARNERS%20TALK%20ABOUT%20MAKING%20REQUESTS&rft.jtitle=The%20European%20Journal%20of%20Applied%20Linguistics%20and%20TEFL&rft.au=Savic,%20Milica&rft.date=2021-11-01&rft.volume=10&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=153&rft.pages=153-&rft.issn=2192-1032&rft_id=info:doi/&rft.pub=LinguaBooks%20Academic%20Publishing&rft_id=info:bibcode/&rft_id=info:hdl/&rft_id=info:lccn/&rft_id=info:oclcnum/&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_id=info:eric/&rft_dat=%3Cgale%3EA703907430%3C/gale%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E,language=eng,view=UBIS&svc_dat=viewit&user_ip=10.16.56.125&req.skin=primo&rft_galeid=A703907430View online Article AN EXPLORATORY CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY OF INTERLANGUAGE PRAGMATIC DEVELOPMENT Kenneth R. Rose, Cambridge, England :, Cambridge University Press, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 1, 22, 2000, 27-67, Article An exploratory study of the interlanguage pragmatic comprehension of young learners of English Lee, C., Pragmatics, 3, 20, 2010, 343-373, https://journals.linguisticsociety.org/elanguage/pragmatics/article/view/2573.htmlView online Article Instructed pragmatics at a glance: Where instructional studies were, are, and should be going Taguchi, N., Cambridge :, Cambridge University Press, 1 online resource, Language Teaching, 1, 48, 2015, 1-50, Article Interlanguage pragmatic development in Hong Kong, phase 2 Rose, K., Journal of Pragmatics, 11, 41, 2009, 2345-2364, Article Interviewing Strategies with Young People: thèSecret Box', Stimulus Material and Task-based Activities Punch, S., [Chichester, West Sussex, UK] :, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1 online resource, Children & Society, 16, 2002, 45-56, Article Is It Rude Language? Children Learning Pragmatics Through Visual Narratives Noriko Ishihara, TESL Canada Journal, 7, 30, 2014, 135-149, Article Making meaning: Children's perspectives expressed through drawings Johanna Einarsdottir , Sue Dockett & Bob Perry, London, UK :, Taylor & Francis Inc, 1 online resource, Early Child Development and Care, 2, 179, 2009, 217-232, Book Second language pragmatics Roever, Carsten, Taguchi, Naoko, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 328 s., 2017, isbn:978-0-19-420058-5, Please read Chapters 1, 3, 4 and 8. Chapters 1, 3 and 8 are obligatory while Chapter 4 is optional. Book Second Language Pragmatics: From Theory to Research Culpeper, Jonathan ; Mackey, Alison ; Taguchi, Naoko, Florence, Routledge, 2018, isbn:9781138911765, Article Young Greek Cypriot and Norwegian EFL learners: Pragmalinguistic development in request production Savić, M, Economidou-Kogetsidis, M., Myrset, A., Journal of Pragmatics, 180, 2021, 15-34, Article ‘You could win Masterchef with this soup. 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