Assessing Language Learners’ Knowledge of Speech Acts: A Test Validation Study

Veryfew attempts have been made in the past to develop instruments to measure pragmatic knowledge of second language (L2) learners. The absence of such instruments in the literature of English language teaching (ELT) underscores the need for the researchers to develop new tests that are specifically...

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Published in:	Issues in Language Teaching
Main Authors:	Parviz Birjandi, Mohammad Mehdi Soleimani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2013-06-01
Subjects:	pragmatic competence interlanguage pragmatics test development speech acts
Online Access:	https://ilt.atu.ac.ir/article_1349_264867b59718034adbc2c7642035429b.pdf

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