Investigating the Impact of Explicit and Implicit Instruction on Pragmatic Awareness and Production in Non-Native Learners: A Quasi-Experimental Research
A crucial part of language competency is understanding social interactions to extract pertinent semantic cues in any expression's implied meaning besides grammatical and strategic competencies (Taguchi, 2011). Teaching of pragmatics is around 40 year older concept (Chen, 2011) while it is teachable (Bardovi,1999). The purpose of any language is communication (Locke, 1975) and avoiding face-threatening responses. Penelope (1987) elaborates on ways that are used to develop positive social interaction. Politeness theory is based on the concept of "face," which refers to a person's sense of self-esteem. Penelope’s (1987) “Politeness Theory” has been used in this study as a guiding theoretical framework. A mixed method approach has been adopted for getting real insight into the matter as the development of pragmatics. The study aims to find out the better way of teaching pragmatics and the impact of implicit and explicit teaching on the pragmatic production and awareness of communicative competence (Glaser, 2009).
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Implicit Instruction, Explicit Instruction, Pragmatic Awareness, Pragmatic Production
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(1) Ghulam Mubasher
Lecturer, Department of English, HITEC University Taxila, Punjab, Punjab, Pakistan..
(2) Muhammad Iqbal
PhD Scholar, Department of English, Muslim Youth University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
(3) Iqra Rubab
Lecturer, Department of English, AIMS, Government College University Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Empowering the Scholar: How Self-Empowerment Awareness Shapes Behavioral Patterns in Higher Education
Awareness of self-empowerment plays a transformative role in shaping behavioral patterns within higher education. This study aims to provide insights into how awareness of personal empowerment can be used as an effective strategy to promote positive behavioral change, personal growth, decision-making skills, and academic success among higher education students. This study employed a positivist approach to quantitatively examine the relationship between self-empowerment awareness and behavioral patterns among scholars in higher education. Stratified sampling was used to select respondents. A survey is usually used to collect information. For conducting this survey, two questionnaires were developed on a 5-point Likert scale. Questionnaires revealed that there is a statistically significant positive relationship between USB (university students’ behavior) and AIE (awareness of individual empowerment).
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Awareness, Individual Empowerment, University Students’ Behavior, Behavioral
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(1) Maryam Mustafa
M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Education, University of Okara,, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Khalid Saleem
Department of Teacher Education, University of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Mobeen-Ul-Islam
Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
