Publication Date
3-1-2016
Abstract
This exploratory study examines the potentially beneficial role of utilizing an interactive video program (BBC’s Mi Vida Loca) in aiding second language learners of Spanish to enhance intercultural competence via pragmatic training. The results of a discourse completion task shows that students who watched MVL significantly improved their performance in a series of tasks that are appropriate for a Spanish context such as ordering food, giving directions, etc., while the control group did not. Based on our findings, we believe that MVL is a tool that would lend itself readily towards fostering their intercultural and pragmatic competence to help students prepare for future encounters with native speakers of Spanish in the U.S. and abroad. Pedagogical implications on the integration of pragmatic training with authentic native speaker input are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Soler, Immaculada Gómez and O'Neill, Errol M.
(2016)
"Teaching Pragmatics with the Mi Vida Loca Video Program,"
Dimensions: Vol. 51, Article 6.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/dimensions/vol51/iss1/6