Pragmatic competence of heritage learners of Chinese and its relationship to social contact

Chinese as a Second Language Research Pub Date : 2017-06-27 DOI:10.1515/caslar-2017-0002

Naoko Taguchi, H. Zhang, Qiong Li

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Abstract

Abstract This study aimed to investigate: (1) Chinese heritage learners’ (CHLs) pragmatic competence in comparison to foreign language learners of Chinese (CFLs) and (2) the relationship between CHLs’ pragmatic competence and their language contact in a range of social settings. Focal linguistic forms included sentence final particles (SFPs) and formulaic expressions (FORs). Sixty Chinese language learners in the intermediate- and advanced-level classes (31 CHLs and 29 CFLs) participated in the study. Participants completed a computerized listening comprehension task, a written production task, and a language contact questionnaire. Findings showed that CHLs outperformed CFLs in both comprehension and production of Chinese sentence final particles and formulaic expressions. The analysis of language contact questionnaire revealed that learners who reported a greater amount of interactive language contact achieved higher scores on the pragmatic tasks, regardless of the constructs and skill domains assessed.

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传统汉语学习者的语用能力及其与社会交往的关系

摘要本研究旨在调查：（1）中国传统学习者（CHL）的语用能力与外语学习者（CFL）的比较；（2）CHL的语用能力与其在各种社会环境中的语言接触之间的关系。焦点语言形式包括句子词尾助词和公式化表达。60名中高级汉语学习者（31名CHL和29名CFL）参与了这项研究。参与者完成了一项计算机听力理解任务、一项书面制作任务和一份语言接触问卷。研究结果表明，在汉语句子词尾助词和公式化表达的理解和产生方面，CHL都优于CFL。对语言接触问卷的分析表明，无论评估的结构和技能领域如何，报告更多互动语言接触的学习者在语用任务上都获得了更高的分数。

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Chinese as a Second Language Research Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： Chinese as a Second Language Research (CASLAR) focuses on research on the acquisition, development, and use of Chinese as a Second Language. It supports scholars and researchers from different linguistic fields, and serves as a forum to discuss, investigate, and better understand Chinese as a Second Language. Each issue (2 per year) of the journal publishes three papers in Chinese and three papers in English; summaries are always provided both in Chinese and English. We are especially interested in publishing articles and research papers that investigate how empirical findings of CSL research can advance and develop better Chinese language teaching methodologies, explore the implications of CSL research for theoretical developments and practical applications, focus on the acquisition and use of varieties of CSL, study the nature of interaction between native speakers and non-native speakers of Chinese, address major issues of second language acquisition from the perspective of CSL, analyze the ways in which language is both shaped by culture and is the medium through which culture is created.

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