Regulatory Focus Predicts Individual Differences in Pragmatic versus Grammatical Awareness and Sensitivity
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| Title: | Regulatory Focus Predicts Individual Differences in Pragmatic versus Grammatical Awareness and Sensitivity |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Yiran Zhang (ORCID |
| Source: | Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching. 2024 14(2):267-290. |
| Availability: | Adam Mickiewicz University Department of English Studies. Faculty of Pedagogy and Fine Arts, Ul. Nowy Swiat 28-30, 62-800 Kailsz, Poland. e-mail: ssllt@amu.edu.pll; Web site: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/ssllt |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 24 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Individual Differences, Grammar, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Usage, Error Analysis (Language), Decision Making, Task Analysis, English (Second Language), Prediction, Chinese, Native Language, Foreign Students, Graduate Students, Doctoral Students, Language Proficiency, Student Attitudes, Asians |
| ISSN: | 2083-5205 2084-1965 |
| Abstract: | The present study employs regulatory focus theory (Higgins, 1997) to investigate the effects of L2 speakers' chronic regulatory focus on their L2 pragmatic versus grammatical awareness. It involved the participation of 121 Chinese students, who are English language learners, at a university in the United States. Haws et al.'s (2010) questionnaire was used to examine the participants' regulatory dispositions, and a judgment task was adapted from Bardovi-Harlig and Dörnyei (1998) to assess participants' awareness of grammatical and pragmatic errors, as well as the severity of each type of error. Multiple regression results largely confirmed the predictions. Prevention regulatory focus, concerned with obligations, responsibilities, and negative outcomes, predicted L2 speakers' recognition of grammatical errors and their severity. Conversely, promotion focus, which emphasizes growth, accomplishments, and positive outcomes, positively predicted L2 speakers' perceptions of pragmatic error severity. These findings contribute to the understanding of how differences in chronic motivational orientations can lead to different L2 use patterns and characteristics. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1435449 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The present study employs regulatory focus theory (Higgins, 1997) to investigate the effects of L2 speakers' chronic regulatory focus on their L2 pragmatic versus grammatical awareness. It involved the participation of 121 Chinese students, who are English language learners, at a university in the United States. Haws et al.'s (2010) questionnaire was used to examine the participants' regulatory dispositions, and a judgment task was adapted from Bardovi-Harlig and Dörnyei (1998) to assess participants' awareness of grammatical and pragmatic errors, as well as the severity of each type of error. Multiple regression results largely confirmed the predictions. Prevention regulatory focus, concerned with obligations, responsibilities, and negative outcomes, predicted L2 speakers' recognition of grammatical errors and their severity. Conversely, promotion focus, which emphasizes growth, accomplishments, and positive outcomes, positively predicted L2 speakers' perceptions of pragmatic error severity. These findings contribute to the understanding of how differences in chronic motivational orientations can lead to different L2 use patterns and characteristics. |
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| ISSN: | 2083-5205 2084-1965 |
