{"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"}],"section":"Articles","is_remote":true,"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"}],"date_submitted":"2010-11-22T09:00:00+01:00","date_accepted":"2010-11-22T09:00:00+01:00","date_published":"2008-06-01T09:00:00+02:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/ial/article/6914/galley/4013/download/"}]}