Development of on-line test of pragmatic test for Japanese EFL learners

本项目旨在为日本大学水平的英语学习者开发基于在线的第二语言语用学测试和数据收集工具，并开发一种自主学习语用学的工具。研究成果如下：1)设计和开发了一种基于网络的工具，作为传统纸笔类型的替代品，用于广泛收集语际语用学数据；2)为大学水平的日语学习者提供12种语用学的自主学习。该工具将由32个DCT（话语完成测试）场景组成（每个场景都附有照片或漫画作为刺激），重点关注涉及语用冲突的场景。参与者可以根据自己的方便直接向数据库提交他们的回答。针对大学年龄的日本英语学习者，我们收集了一组日本大学二年级学生的语言行为情景（道歉、投诉、拒绝和请求），这些学生在英国参加了广泛的ESL和寄宿家庭项目。这个在线工具将帮助大学年龄的英语学习者在面对威胁性语言行为情景时学习实用的适当反应，这些情景是他们在国外学习中最有可能遇到的。

This project aimed to develop on-line based testing and data-collection tool for the study of L2 pragmatics for university-level Japanese EFL learners and to develop a self-access tool for learning pragmatics. The research outcomes are as follows: 1) the design and development of an online-based tool as an alternative to the traditional paper-and-penci1 type for extensive data collection on interlanguage pragmatics; and 2) enabling self-access study of 12 pragmatics for college-level Japanese ha learners. This tool will consist of a battery of 32 DCT (Discourse Completion Test) situations (each accompanied by a photo or cartoon as a stimulus) which focus on situations involving pragmatic conflict. Participants can submit their responses straight to the database at their own convenience. Targeting 'College-age Japanese EFL learners, the speech act situations (apologies, complaints, refusals and requests) were collected following sera (-structured interviews with a group of 2nd-year Japanese university students while they were on extensive ESL and homestay programs in the UK This online tool will help university-age EFL learners lean pragmatically appropriate responses in face threatening speech act situations which they are most likely to encounter in study abroad contexts.