Investigating L2 learners’ sociopragmatic development in online asynchronous discussion

• Main Author: Wong, Shin Pyng *
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: LB Theory and practice of education; P Philology. Linguistics; PE English
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/171/1/Wong%20Shin%20Pyng%20-Investigating%20L2%20Learners%27%20Sociopragmatic%20Development%20in%20Online%20Asynchronous%20Discussion.pdf; http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/171/
• Institution: Sunway University

Despite a burgeoning research of pragmatics in second language learning, there has been insufficient work on the relations among social variables and speech acts in an online learning context. This study examines the sociopragmatic development of L2 learners through online asynchronous discussion. P...