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Identifier	Thesis 2205
Author	Albertson, Brendon Paul, d1986-
Title	Facebook use and pragmatic / grammatical awareness among Japanese learners of English
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2011; *
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Previous research suggests that ESL learners more readily acquire pragmatic awareness than grammatical awareness (Bardovi-Harlig & Dörnyei, 1998; Schauer, 2006, 2009), which is likely due to a greater amount of natural L2 input in the ESL environment. Although EFL learners are thus at a disadvantage in this respect, computer-mediated communication (CMC) may provide a suitable medium to compensate for this lack of input outside the classroom. The present study was designed to 1) examine how the social networking website Facebook (FB) as a form of CMC relates to learners’ pragmatic and/or grammatical awareness, and 2) study how FB is used by learners. Thirty-two Japanese EFL and ESL learners from a foreign studies university in Japan completed a questionnaire regarding their FB use and performed an utterance judgment task to assess pragmatic/grammatical awareness, while 29 provided access to their FB activity for data collection. Results revealed that grammatical awareness had a stronger correlation than did pragmatic awareness with the amount of NS contact learners received via FB. Both positive and (more often) negative influence of NSs and NNSs on participants’ English learning via FB was found. Learners appeared often to use FB to keep in touch with foreign friends, although frequently broadcasted utterances rather than engaging in direct communication with others. Despite inconclusiveness due to a small sample size, these findings suggest that FB has a relationship with learners’ grammatical competence and provide insight into the speech acts learners use on FB. Pedagogical implications related to FB are discussed. Keywords: Facebook, grammatical competence, pragmatic competence
Subject	Facebook (Electronic resource) English language -- Study and teaching -- Japanese speakers
Department	Department of English
Advisor	Ciscel, Matthew H., 1968-
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
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