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Preliminaries
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hownon-native(Polish)speakersproducedrequestsinEnglish.Ultimately,
theresearchfndingsarealsousedtoansweranotherquestion,i.e.,whether
non-interventionalclassroomsettingsaffordedtheseEFLlearnersarepertoire
ofsituationsfacilitatinganincreaseinthiscompetenceoperationalizedasre-
quests.Inordertostrengthenthevalidityoftheresearchfndings,aquantita-
tivecross-sectionalstudywasalsoconductedamongasampleof156Polish
EFLlearners.Myassumptionisthatresearchfndingsofthistypemayfurther
beusedtoplanamoreeffectivepedagogicalintervention.
Overviewofthebook
Thebookisdividedintosevenchapters,structuredasfollows:thetheoret-
icalunderpinningsofthestudyarepresentedinthefrsttwochapters.There
aretwoseparatechaptersduetothetwoparentdisciplinesofILP,bothof
whichareessentialtoputtheremainderofthebookinitsproperperspective.
FromChapterThreeonwards,Inarrowmydiscussiontothoseaspectswhich
mayaccountfortheprocessoflearningPCinaforeignlanguage.Chapter
Sixmarksthetransitiontotheempiricalpartofmygeneralresearchendeav-
orandpresentsthemethodologicalsetupofastudyconductedinorderto
portraythetransitoryPCofPoleslearningEFL.Theoverviewofthedata
collectedandthediscussionofthefndingsofthemixed-methodsexploratory
studycanbefoundinChapterSeven.Inthelastchapter,Ipresentthecon-
clusionstotheresearchundertakenbysummarizingitsfndingsandoffering
adiscussionofsomeimplicationsofthistypeofworkinordertodrawsome
ofthethreadsofthebooktogether.Tendenciestowardpreferencesinrequest
realizationamongPolishlearnersofEnglishareformulatedhere.Directions
forfutureresearch,asforeseenonthelimitationstothepresentstudy,arealso
indicatedl