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A Case Study of Chinese Students' Second Language Pragmatic Development During Study Abroad in a UK University

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With internationalization of higher education, increasing number of studies is paying attention to the effect of study abroad (SA) on international students' academic or language achievements. This qualitative case study aims to examine how four international students from China applied the conversation routines they noticed during SA into communication practice during SA in the UK. Interview data were collected and analyzed. It was found that during SA the students developed different and new knowledge of L2 (English) conversation routines and revealed evidence of L2 pragmatic development in terms of pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic competence. Several factors may have played facilitative role in their pragmatic development: attention to L2 input, positive L1 pragmatic transfer, positive attitude and strong motivation towards L2 language and culture, etc.

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