Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication

A Case Study of Pragmatic Failures Committed by Undergraduates

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Yan Qiao
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Yan Qiao
Available Online May 2014.
DOI
10.2991/icelaic-14.2014.101How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Pragmatic failuret, verbal communication, non-verbal communication, causes
Abstract

This study conducted at one university in Guangzhou, mainly examined the English majors’ pragmatic failure in both verbal and nonverbal communication and explores the possible causes from students’ perspectives. Combination of quantitative method and qualitative method were employed in the research including testing, questionnaire, interviews and observation. The results indicate that the average pragmatic competence of the subjects is still in a poor level. They committed pragmatic failure not only in verbal communication but also in nonverbal one. The study explored the causes of the failures from learners’ perspective and offered implications for further research.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
May 2014
ISBN
978-94-6252-013-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icelaic-14.2014.101How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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