Functional adequacy: The effect of Englsih Medium Instruction, English Proficiency and previous language learning experiences

Abstract

Classroom-oriented research on pragmatics Chapter 1: Classroom-oriented research on pragmatics action needed to solve the problem" (McFarland & Stansell, 1993, p. 14, emphasis in original). However, the first educator to use this methodology in education was Corey (1953), a teacher who believed that researchers and practitioners needed to work together in order to implement improvements to everyday practices. For this reason, after conducting several investigations, he declared (Corey, 1953, p.