Proficiency and Sequential Organization of L2 Requests

Acculturation and acquisition of pragmatic routines in the study abroad context

“…The individual difference that has attracted the most attention among ILP scholars is proficiency (Al-Gahtani & Roever, 2012;Bardovi-Harlig, 2009;Pinto, 2005;Taguchi, 2011b). In fact, the effect of different levels of proficiency on L2 pragmatic development is one of the most investigated topics in ILP (Li, 2014).…”

“…Firstly, having certain proficiency level seems to enhance pragmatic learning (Li, 2014). Advanced learners have been observed to produce more complex requests (Al-Gahtani & Roever, 2012), have more pragmatic awareness, use more indirect strategies (Félix-Brasdefer, 2007), be more successful in appropriateness and speech rate (Taguchi, 2011b), and use a wider repertoire of request-making strategies (Wen, 2014).…”

“…In chapter 1 (see section 1.5.1.2) it was argued that most studies have observed that advanced learners outperform lower-proficiency students in different pragmatic features (Al-Gahtani & Roever, 2012;Taguchi, 2011a), although this is not always the case (Taguchi, 2006). For instance, Taguchi (2006) observed that lower-level students' pragmatic performance in less demanding social situations is similar to that of higher-proficient learners.…”

New contexts, new processes, new strategies: the co-construction of meaning in plurilingual interactions

“…Literature on monolingual interactions in pluricultural contexts is very wide and deals with native speakers -non-native speakers (NS-NNS) interaction (PICA, 1994;SHEHADEH, 1999;WIBERG, 2003;SEIDLHOFER, 2001;GONZALEZ-LLORET, 2005;ROGERSON-REVEL, 2006;SWEENEY;ZHU, 2010;DOBAO, 2012) and non-native speakers -non-native speakers (NNS-NNS) interaction (SCHWARTZ, 1980;VARONIS;GASS, 1985;YULE, 1990, PICA;LINCOLN-PORTER;PANINOS;LINNEL, 1996;GARCÍA MAYO;PICA, 2000;MEIERKORD, 1996MEIERKORD, , 1998MEIERKORD, , 2000MACKEY;OLIVER;LEEMAN, 2003, AL-GHATANI;ROEVER, 2012;COGO;DEWEY, 2012), indicating that not only the context of face-to-face interaction but also the setting, the scene and the relationship between interlocutors influence the structure of the negotiation. However, if one of the speakers is using a foreign language, the language deficit determinates what can be said and how it is said, and the unbalanced linguistic proficiency between them (either in NS-NNS interactions and NNs-NNs)…”

Complaint sequences across proficiency levels: the contribution of pragmatics and multimodality

“…En respuesta a esta necesidad, recientemente se ha publicado una investigación realizada por Al-Gahtani y Roever (2012) que analiza el acto de habla de la petición en role-plays siguiendo la perspectiva del análisis de la conversación. Este estudio explora además la variable del efecto de la lengua, como en la presente tesis.…”