Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP180102707

Funded Activity Summary

Teaching and testing second language pragmatic skills. This project aims to develop understanding of what it means to be communicatively proficient in English as a second language. Drawing on research in second language acquisition, pragmatics and language testing, the project will develop a set of language tests to assess learners’ ability to use English appropriately in everyday situations. The tests will then be used to evaluate the effectiveness of language instruction in developing this ability. Outcomes will include a set of novel language tests and valuable information about effective language instruction. The project will inform the extent to which migrants possess the pragmatic skills needed to live and work in Australia and how they can be helped to acquire these skills.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 31-05-2018

End Date: 31-12-2023

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $243,183.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Linguistics | Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics | LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Māori) | Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Learner and Learning Achievement | Syllabus and Curriculum Development | Learner Development |

Other Keywords

Applied Linguistics and Educational Linguistics | LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. Māori) | Learner Development | Learner and Learning Achievement | Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension) | Linguistics | Syllabus and Curriculum Development

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