Modification of the Illocutionary Force by Information Technology Students in In-Class Debates

ELLEDEROVÁ, Eva. Modification of the Illocutionary Force by Information Technology Students in In-Class Debates. In Innovation in Language Learning - 15th International Conference. 2022. ISBN 979-12-80225-42-9.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Modification of the Illocutionary Force by Information Technology Students in In-Class Debates

Autoři

ELLEDEROVÁ, Eva

Vydání

Innovation in Language Learning - 15th International Conference, 2022

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Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Stát vydavatele

Česká republika

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

ISBN

979-12-80225-42-9

Klíčová slova anglicky

ESP learners; in-class debates; pragmatic competence; illocutionary force; boosters; hedges

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

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Anotace

V originále

This paper deals with information technology students’ modification of the illocutionary force while participating in structured in-class debates on controversial issues related to their field of study. Since in-class debates are based on learners’ spontaneous communication and immediate responses, they seem to be a suitable instrument for eliciting samples of learner language. Identification and analysis of metadiscourse markers, in particular boosters and hedges, were made through the corpus-based analysis of transcribed debates in Sketch Engine. The analysis revealed that students used different boosters and hedges for both increasing and reducing the illocutionary force. Besides, the ways IT students used boosters and hedges reflect how they assume and share their professional knowledge and experience in their discourse community.