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    "pk": 6914,
    "title": "Pedagogical Intervention and the Development of Pragmatic Competence in Learning Spanish as a Foreign Language",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "Using a quasi-experimental design, this study investigated the extent to which peda- gogical intervention facilitated the development of pragmatic competence of fifth-semester learners of Spanish as a foreign language when performing refusals. The design included 2 learner groups. Pragmatic development was observed during 1 semester. The learner data were compared to data from L1 English and L1 Spanish. The experimental group was exposed to explicit instruction on refusals. Posttest 1 results showed that the experimental group changed from a preference for direct to indirect refusals, whereas the control group did not. Higher frequency and a wider variety of indirect strategies were also observed. Posttest 2 results showed that most pragmatic features highlighted during the treatment were retained.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": null,
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Applied Linguistics"
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    "section": "Articles",
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    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/03r9m3zb",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "J. César",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Félix-Brasdefer",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Indiana University",
            "department": "None"
        }
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    "date_submitted": "2010-11-22T08:00:00Z",
    "date_accepted": "2010-11-22T08:00:00Z",
    "date_published": "2008-06-01T07:00:00Z",
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