While the primary language deficit in autism has been thought to be pragmatic, and in specific language impairment (SLI) structural, recent research suggests phenomenological and possibly genetic overlap between the two syndromes. To compare communicative competence in parents of children with autism, SLI, and down syndrome (DS), we used a modified pragmatic rating scale (PRS-M). Videotapes of ...

Cultural competence (CC) for professionals and organizations has been recognized as a key strategy to reduce health care inequalities for migrants and to promote responsiveness to diversity. For decades its main aim has been matching health services to the cultural needs of migrant users. Otherwise literature highlighted the need to find a pragmatic middle way between the 'static' and the 'dyna...

The present study was an attempt to explore the ‘washback effect’ of task-based assessment (TBLA) on EFL Iranian learners’ pragmatic development. To this end, through conducting KET (Key English Test), 60 out of 120 EFL Iranian learners studying in an English language school, were randomly selected. They were assigned to treatment group (N=30), and control group (N=30). The treatment group was ...

In addition to teaching and research, nurse lecturers are expected to maintain clinical credibility and competence by spending at least 20% of their time in practice; this requirement is included in many nurse lecturer/teacher employment contracts. The a imof this paper is to suggest a number of realistic, pragmatic approaches that can be used to enhance clinical credibility and competence, whi...

Inferences about linguistic competence in children are typically based on spontaneous speech. This poses a problem since we know that other factors are also involved in speech production. Children who may use complex object and adverbial NPs do not use complex subject NPs. Is this a competence deficit, a performance problem, or simply a reflection of pragmatic factors? Evidence presented here s...

Information fluency is generally defined as an ability to express oneself creatively, reformulate knowledge, and synthesize information regarding new information technology. The term has recently gained popularity over experience, expertise, competence, knowledge, and literacy. As with other related concepts, there is a great need to accurately assess "information fluency" for research and prag...

This paper aims at assessing the pragmatic competence of Arab EFL learners tertiary level. The learners’ ability to use speech act apology was assessed through a specially designed discourse completion test that consisted nine items. study aimed answering following questions. (1) What strategies do participants express apology? (2) politeness in realizing this act? (3) pedagogical implications ...

Abstract In this article, we explored the pitch contour patterns of French discourse marker donc in realizing different pragmatic functions from native and non-native oral corpora French. Statistical analyses using generalized additive mixed modeling revealed that even though Mandarin Chinese L1 speakers learning also used cue to realize functions, their prosodic pattern is pattern. Their seeme...