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Correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among Iranian university EFL learners / Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabi

This study sought to determine the levels of pragmatic competence among Iranian EFL learners and to correlate these levels with their levels of grammatical competence. In order to do this, separate tests were devised. One set of tests was designed to measure pragmatic competence. A second set of t...

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Main Author: Mojabi, Seyedeh Sepideh
Format: Thesis
Published: 2014
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P Philology. Linguistics
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spelling my.um.stud.54562015-07-25T02:47:37Z Correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among Iranian university EFL learners / Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabi Mojabi, Seyedeh Sepideh P Philology. Linguistics This study sought to determine the levels of pragmatic competence among Iranian EFL learners and to correlate these levels with their levels of grammatical competence. In order to do this, separate tests were devised. One set of tests was designed to measure pragmatic competence. A second set of tests was devised to test grammatical competence. The difference between their pragmatic competence and grammatical competence was examined for any significant correlation between them. In addition, the effect of learning methods on the pragmatic and grammatical competence was tested. The findings show that there is a weak or no correlation between EFL Iranian university students’ grammatical competence and their pragmatic competence. The findings also show that learning methods do have a significant effect on the Iranian students’ pragmatic and grammar competence. In addition, the study shows a predominance of traditional teaching and learning practices in Iran. 2014 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5456/1/Sepideh_Mojabi_Final_Dissertation_Completed_v1.0_18_Mar_2014.pdf Mojabi, Seyedeh Sepideh (2014) Correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among Iranian university EFL learners / Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabi. Masters thesis, University of Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/5456/
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Mojabi, Seyedeh Sepideh
Correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among Iranian university EFL learners / Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabi
description This study sought to determine the levels of pragmatic competence among Iranian EFL learners and to correlate these levels with their levels of grammatical competence. In order to do this, separate tests were devised. One set of tests was designed to measure pragmatic competence. A second set of tests was devised to test grammatical competence. The difference between their pragmatic competence and grammatical competence was examined for any significant correlation between them. In addition, the effect of learning methods on the pragmatic and grammatical competence was tested. The findings show that there is a weak or no correlation between EFL Iranian university students’ grammatical competence and their pragmatic competence. The findings also show that learning methods do have a significant effect on the Iranian students’ pragmatic and grammar competence. In addition, the study shows a predominance of traditional teaching and learning practices in Iran.
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author Mojabi, Seyedeh Sepideh
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title Correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among Iranian university EFL learners / Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabi
title_short Correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among Iranian university EFL learners / Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabi
title_full Correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among Iranian university EFL learners / Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabi
title_fullStr Correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among Iranian university EFL learners / Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabi
title_full_unstemmed Correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among Iranian university EFL learners / Seyedeh Sepideh Mojabi
title_sort correlation between grammatical competence and pragmatic competence among iranian university efl learners / seyedeh sepideh mojabi
publishDate 2014
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