LINGUIST List 22.2135 Thu May 19 2011 Qs: Written Discourse Completion Test Editor for this issue: Danielle St. Jean <daniellelinguistlist.org> We'd like to remind readers that the responses to queries are usually best posted to the individual asking the question. That individual is then strongly encouraged to post a summary to the list. This policy was instituted to help control the huge volume of mail on LINGUIST; so we would appreciate your cooperating with it whenever it seems appropriate. In addition to posting a summary, we'd like to remind people that it is usually a good idea to personally thank those individuals who have taken the trouble to respond to the query. To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Maryam Esmaeili , Written Discourse Completion Test Message 1: Written Discourse Completion Test Date: 11-May-2011 From: Maryam Esmaeili <esmaeilimaryam99yahoo.com> Subject: Written Discourse Completion Test E-mail this message to a friend Editor's Note: The URL in this submission may be broken onto 2 lines. Please take care to ensure that you have copied and pasted the entire URL into your browser window. Hello, We are working on a topic regarding interlanguage pragmatics assessment for my thesis. My research question is "whether the Written Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) and the accompanying multidimensional scoring system constructed and developed in my study are valid and reliable to assess EFL learners' pragmatic competence to produce L2 speech acts of apology, request, and refusal?'' In fact, WDCT is a kind of test measuring one's pragmatic competence and is known in the pragmatics realm. This one is prepared by myself to see if it really measures one's pragmatic competence. For this purpose we need English native speakers as participants. Those who would like to participate, can find the questionnaire at an online survey. If you are willing to cooperate, please kindly see the link: http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php? surveyID=NKEHOI_1117d6e All participants will remain anonymous and no personal information beyond 1.) age and 2.) gender will be collected. It won't take too much of your time, and it will provide us with priceless information crucial for the completion of our investigation. We will be infinitely grateful if you participate in this project by filling out this questionnaire and sending it to us as soon as possible. Thanks in advance. Best, Maryam Esmaeili MA, Shahrekord University Iran, Shahrekord Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis                             Pragmatics Subject Language(s): English (eng) Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 19-May-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.